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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGE
Sanction , v
Summary of Antient Charges and Regulations vii
Antient Charges of a Freemason 1
General Regulations of the Grand Lodge 16
Regulations during Public Business in Grand Lodge 26
Of the Grand Master and Pro Grand Master 29
Deputy Grand Master 33
Grand Wardens ! 33
Grand Chaplains 34
Grand Treasurer 34
Grand Registrar 35
President of the Board of General Purposes 36
Grand Secretary 37
Grand Deacons 38
Grand Superintendent of Works, Director and As-
sistant Director of Ceremonies, Sword-Bearer,
Organist, and Pursuivant 39
Grand Standard Bearers 40
Grand Tyler '. 41
Grand Stewards 42
Grand Stewards' Lodge 44
Provincial or District Grand Master 45
Deputy Provincial Grand Master 50
Provincial Grand Wardens and other Officers 50
Provincial Grand Stewards 51
Provincial Grand Lodges 52
iv TABLE OF CONTENTS.
PAGE
Of District Grand Lodges in the Colonies and Foreign
Parts 55
Private Lodges 61
Lodges within the London District 72
Country Lodges 72
Military Lodges 74
Masters and Wardens of Lodges 76
Members of Lodges and their Duty 79
Proposing Members, Making, Passing, and Raising 82
Lodges of Instruction 88
Visitors 89
Certificates 89
Removal of Lodges 92
Public Processions 93
Tylers 94
Appeal 95
Fund of Benevolence 96
Board of General Purposes 107
*
Colonial Board 114
Fees payable to the Funds of General Purposes and
Benevolence 115
Regalia 118
Jewels 118
Aprons 123
Constituting a New Lodge 126
Public Ceremonies 132
Masonic Funerals 136
Centenary Jewel 137
Index 139
Appendix, being Drawings of the various Jewels.
*
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND.
THE GRAND LODGE HAVING RESOLVED—
" That an edition of the ' Book of Constitutions,'
with the additions and alterations sanctioned by the
Grand Lodge, be printed under the superintendence
of the Board of General Purposes, the Board have
accordingly superintended the present publication."
Freemasons' Hall, London,
January, 1873.
Summary of the Antient Charges and Regu-
lations to be read by the Secretary (or acting
Secretary), to the Master Elect, prior to his
Installation into the Chair of a Lodge.
1. You agree to be a good Man and true, and
strictly to obey the Moral Law.
2. You are to be a peaceable Subject, and
cheerfully to conform to the Laws of the
Country in which you reside.
3. You promise not to be concerned in Plots
or Conspiracies against Government, but patiently
to submit to the decisions of the Supreme
Legislature.
4. You agree to pay a proper respect to the
Civil Magistrate, to work diligently, live credit-
ably, and act honourably by all Men.
5. You agfdfe to hold in veneration the
original Rulers and Patrons of the Order of
Free -Masonry, and their regular Successors,
supreme and subordinate, according to their
Stations; and to submit to the Awards and
Resolutions of your Brethren in general Lodge
convened, in every case consistent with the
Constitutions of the order.
VII
6. You agree to avoid private piques and
quarrels, and to guard against intemperance and
excess.
7. You agree to be cautious in your carriage
and behaviour, courteous to your Brethren, and
faithful to your Lodge.
8. You promise to respect genuine and true
Brethren, and to discountenance Impostors and
all Dissenters from the original Plan of Free-
Masonry.
9. You agree to promote the general good of
Society, to cultivate the Social Virtues, and to
propagate the knowledge of the Mystic Art as
far as your influence and ability can extend.
10. You promise to pay homage to the Grand
Master for the time being, and to his Officers
when duly installed, and strictly to conform to
•every Edict of the Grand Lodge.
11. You admit that it is not in the power of
any Man or Body of Men to make innovation
in the Body of Masonry.
12. You promise a regular attendance on the
Communications and Committees of the Grand
Lodge, upon receiving proper notice thereof;
and to pay attention to all the duties of Free-
Masonry upon proper and convenient occasions.
13. You admit that no new Lodge can be
formed without permission of the Grand Master
or his Deputy, and that no countenance ought
V1U
to be given to any irregular Lodge, or to any
person initiated therein; and that no public
processions of Masons clothed with the Badges
of the Order can take place without the special
Licence of the Grand Master or his Deputy.
14. You admit that no person can regularly
be made a Free-Mason or admitted a Member
of any lodge without previous Notice and due
inquiry into his Character ; and that no Brother
can be advanced to a higher Degree except in
strict conformity with the Laws of the Grand
Lodge.
15. You promise that no Visitor shall be
received into your Lodge without due examina-
tion, and producing proper Vouchers of his
having been initiated in a regular Lodge.
At the conclusion the Installing Officer ad-
dresses the Master-iJJect as follows : — " Do you
"submit to and promise to support these
"Charges and Regulations as Masters have
"done in all ages?" Upon his answering in
the affirmative the Ceremony of Installation
proceeds.
TEE
CHAEGES
OP A
FREE-MASON:
EXTRACTED FBOM
THE ANTIENT RECORDS OF LODGES BEYOND SEA,
AND OF THOSE IN
ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND IRELAND,
Jfor t\t nu of Ifrrirgea,
TO BE READ
AT THE MAKING OP NEW BRETHREN, OR WHEN THE MASTER
SHALL ORDER IT.
Published by Order of the Grand Lodge.
THE GENERAL HEADS OF THE
CHARGES OF A FREE-MASON,
&c. &c.
I. Of God and Religion.
II. Of the Civil Magistrate supreme and
subordinate.
I II. Of Lodges.
IV. Of Masters, Wardens, Fellows, and Ap-
prentices.
V. Of the Management of the Craft in
Working.
VI. Of Behaviour, viz. : —
1. In the Lodge while constituted.
2. After the Lodge is over and the
Brethren not gone.
3. When Brethren meet without Stran-
gers, but not in a Lodge.
4. In presence of Strangers not Masons.
5. At home and in the Neighbourhood.
6. Towards a strange Brother.
THE
CHARGES
OF A
FEEE-MASON,
ETC., ETC.
1.— Concerning GOD and BELIGION.
A mason is obliged, by bis tenure, to obey
the moral law ; and if he rightly understand the
art he will never be a stupid atheist nor an irre-
ligious libertine. He, of all men, should best
understand that GOD seeth not as man seeth ;
for map. looketh at the outward appearance, but
GOD looketh to the heart. A mason is, therefore,
particularly bound never to act against the dic-
tates of his conscience. Let a man's religion or
mode of worship be what it may, he is not ex-
cluded from the order, provided he believe in the
glorious architect of heaven and earth, and prac-
tise the sacred duties of morality. Masons
B2
4 ANTIENT CHARGES.
unite with the virtuous of every persuasion in
the firm and pleasing bond of fraternal love :
they are taught to view the errors of mankind
with compassion, and to strive, by the purity of
their own conduct, to demonstrate the superior
excellence of the faith they may profess. Thus
masonry is the centre of union between good men
and true, and the happy means of conciliating
friendship amongst those who must otherwise
have remained at a perpetual distance.
II.—0/ the CIVIL MAGISTRATE,
SUPREME and SUBORDINATE.
A mason is a peaceable subject to the civil
powers, wherever he resides or works, and is
never to be concerned in plots and conspiracies
against the peace and welfare of the nation, nor
to behave himself undutifully to inferior magis-
trates. He is cheerfully to conform to every
lawful authority; to uphold, on every occasion,
the interest of the community, and zealously
promote the prosperity of his own country.
Masonry has ever flourished in times of peace and
been always injured by war, bloodshed, and
confusion ; so that kings and princes, in every
age, have been much disposed to encourage the
craftsmen on account of their peaceableness and
ANTIENT CHARGES. 5
loyalty, whereby they practically answer the
cavils of their adversaries and promote the
honour of the fraternity. Craftsmen are bound
by peculiar ties to promote peace, cultivate har-
mony, and Jive in concord and brotherly love.
III.— Of LODGES.
A lodge is a place where free-masons assem-
ble to work and to instruct and improve them-
selves in the mysteries of the antient science.
In an extended sense it applies to persons as
well as to place ; hence every regular assembly
or duly organized meeting of masons is called a
lodge. Every brother ought to belong to some
lodge, and be subject to its by-Jaws and the
general regulations of the craft. A lodge may
be either general or particular, as will be best
understood by attending it, and there a know-
ledge of the established usages and customs of
the craft is alone to be acquired. From antient
times no master or fellow could be absent from
his lodge, especially when warned to appear at
it, without incurring a severe censure> unless it
appeared to the master and wardens that pure
necessity liindered him.
The persons made masons or admitted mem-
bers of a lodge must be good and true men,
6 ANTIENT CHARGES.
free-born and of mature and discreet age and
sound judgment, no bond-men, no women, no
immoral or scandalous men, but of good report
IV.— Of MASTERS, WARDENS, FEL-
LOWS, and APPRENTICES.
All preferment among masons is grounded
upon real worth and personal merit only ; that
so the lords may be ^ell served, the brethren not
put to shame, nor the royal craft despised ; there-
fore no master or warden is chosen by seniority,
but for his merit. It is impossible to describe
these things in writing, and therefore every
brother must attend in his place, and learn them
in a way peculiar to this fraternity. Candidates
may, nevertheless, know that no master should
take an apprentice, unless he has sufficient em-
payment for him; and, unless he be a perfect
youth, having no maim or defect in his body
that may render him incapable of learning the
art, of serving his master's lord, and of being
made a brother, and then a fellow-craft in due
time, after he has served such a term of years
as the custom of the country directs ; and that
he should be descended of honest parents ; that
so, when otherwise qualified, he may arrive to
the honour of being the warden, and then the
ANTIENT CHARGEa 7
master of the lodge, the grand warden, and at
length the grand master of all the lodges, ac-
cording to his merit.
No brother can be a warden until he has
passed the part of a fellow-craft, nor a master
until he has acted as a warden, nor grand
warden until he has been master of a lodge, nor
grand master unless he has been a fellow-craft
before his election, who is also to be nobly born,
or a gentleman of the best fashion, or some
eminent scholar, or some -curious architect, or
other artist, descended of honest parents, and
who is of singularly great merit in the opinion
of the lodges. And for the better, and easier,
and more honourable discharge of his office, the
grand master has a power to choose his own
deputy grand master, who must then be, or have
formerly been, the master of a particular lodge
and who has the privilege of acting whatever
the grand master, his principal, should act,
unless the said principal be present, or interpose
his authority by letter,
These rulers and governors supreme and sub-
ordinate, of the antient lodge, are to be obeyed
in their respective stations by all the brethren,
according to the old charges and regulations,
with all humility, reverence, love, and alacrity.
N.B. — In ancient times no brother, however
8 ANTIENT CHARGES.
skilled in the craft, was called a master-mason
until he had been elected into the chair of a
lodge.
V.— Of the MANAGEMENT of the CRAFT
in WORKING.
All masons shall work honestly on working
days, that they may live creditably on holy days ;
and the time appointed by the law of the land,
or confirmed by custom, shall be observed.
The most expert of the fellow-craftsmen shall
be chosen or appointed the master, or overseer
of the lord's work ; who is to be called master
by those that work under him. The craftsmen
are to avoid all ill language, and to call each
other by no disobliging name, but brother or
fellow ; and to behave themselves courteously
within and without the lodge.
The master, knowing himself to be able of
cunning, shall undertake the lord's work as
reasonably as possible, and truly dispend his
goods as if they were his own ; nor to give more
wages to any brother or apprentice than he
really may deserve.
Both the master and the masons receiving
their wages justly, shall be faithful to the lord,
and honestly finish their work, whether task or
ANTIENT CHARGES. 9
journey; nor put the work to task that hath
been accustomed to journey.
None shall discover envy at the prosperity of
a brother, nor supplant him, nor put him out of
his work, if he be capable to finish the same ; for
no man can finish another's work so much to the
lord's profit, unless he be thoroughly acquainted
with the designs and draughts of him that began
it.
When a fellow-craftsman is chosen warden of
the work under the master, he shall be true both
to master and fellows, shall carefully oversee the
work in the master's absence, to the lord's profit ;
and his brethren shall obey him.
All masons employed shall meekly receive
their wages without murmuring or mutiny, and
not desert the master till the work be finished.
A younger brother shall be instructed in work-
ing, to prevent spoiling the materials for want
of judgment, and for increasing and continuing
of brotherly love.
All the tools used in working shall be ap-
proved by the grand lodge.
No labourer shall be employed in the proper
work of masonry; nor shall free-masons work
with those that are not free, without an urgent
necessity ; nor shall they teach labourers and
unaccepted masons, as they should teach a
brother or fellow.
10 ANTIENT CHARGES.
VL— Of BEHAVIOUR, viz.
1. — IN THE LODGE WHILE CONSTITUTED.
You are not to hold private committees, or
separate conversation, without leave from the
master, nor to talk of anything impertinently
or unseemly, nor interrupt the master or war-
dens, or any brother speaking to the master :
nor behave yourself ludicrously or jestingly while
the lodge is engaged in what is serious and
solemn ; nor use any unbecoming language upon
any pretence whatsoever; but to pay due
reverence to your master, wardens, and fellows,
and put them to worship.
If any complaint be brought, the brother
found guilty shall stand to the award and deter-
mination of the lodge, who are the proper and
competent judges of all such controversies
(unless you carry them by appeal to the grand
lodge), and to whom they ought to be referred,
unless a lord's work be hindelred the meanwhile,
in which case a particular reference may be
made; but you must never go to law about
what concerneth masonry, without an absolute
necessity apparent to the lodge.
ANTIENT CHARGES. 11
2. — BEHAVIOUB AFTER THE LODGE IS OVER*
AND THE BRETHREN NOT GONE.
You may enjoy yourselves with innocent
mirth, treating one another according to ability,
but avoiding all excess, or forcing any brother to
eat or drink beyond his inclination, or hindering
him from going when his occasions call him, or
doing or saying anything offensive, or that may
forbid an easy and free conversation ; for that
would blast our harmony, and defeat our laud-
able purposes. Therefore no private piques or
quarrels must be brought within the door of the
lodge, far less any quarrels about religion, or
nations, or state policy, we being only, as masons,
of the universal religion above-mentioned ; we
are also of all nations, tongues, kindreds, and
languages, and are resolved against all politics,
as what never yet conduced to the welfare of
the lodge, nor ever will
3. — BEHAVIOUR WHEN BRETHREN MEET WITH-
OUT STRANGERS, BUT NOT IN A LODGE
FORMED.
You are to salute one another in a courteous
manner, as you will be instructed, calling each
12 ANTIENT CHARGES.
other brother, freely giving mutual instruction
as shall be thought expedient, without being
overseen or overheard, and without encroaching
upon each other, or derogating from that respect
which is due to any brother, were he not a
mason ; for though all masons are, as brethren,
upon the same level, yet masonry takes no
honour, from a man that he had before ; nay,
rather it adds to his honour, especially if he has
deserved well of the brotherhood, who must give
honour to whom it is due, and avoid ill manners.
4. — BEHAVIOUR IN PRESENCE OF STRANGERS,
NOT MASONS.
You shall be cautious in your words and car-
riage, that the most penetrating stranger shall
not be able to discover or find out what is not
proper to be intimated ; and sometimes you
shall divert a discourse, and manage it prudently
for the honour of the worshipful fraternity.
5. — BEHAVIOUR AT HOME AND IN YOUR
NEIGHBOURHOOD.
You are to act as becomes a moral and wise
man ; particularly not to let your family,
ANTIENT CHARGES. 13
friends, and neighbours, know the concerns of
the lodge, &c, but wisely to consult your own
honour, and that of your antient brotherhood,
for reasons not to be mentioned here. You
must also consult your health by not continuing
together too late or too long from home after
lodge hours are past ; arid by avoiding of glut-
tony or drunkenness, that your families be not
neglected or injured, nor you disabled from
working.
6. — BEHAVIOUR TOWARDS A STRANGE
BROTHER.
You are cautiously to examine him in such a
method as prudence shall direct you, that you
may not be imposed upon by an ignorant, false
pretender, whom you are to reject with contempt
and derision, and beware of giving him any hints
of knowledge.
But if you discover him to be a true and
genuine brother, you are to respect him accord-
ingly ; and if he is in want you must relieve him
if you can, or else direct him how he may be
relieved. You must employ him some days,
or else recommend him to be employed. But
you are not charged to do beyond your ability ;
only to prefer a poor brother that is a good
14 ANTIENT CHARGES.
man and true before any other poor people in
the same circumstances.
Finally, — All these charges you are to observe
and also those that shall be communicated to you
in another way; cultivating brotherly love, the
foundation and cope-stone, the cement and glory,
of this antient fraternity, avoiding all wrangling
and quarrelling, all slander and backbiting, nor
permitting others to slander any honest brother,
but defending his character and doing him all
good offices, as far at is consistent with your
honour and safety, and no farther. And if any
of them do you injury, you must apply to your
own or his lodge; and from thence you may
appeal to the grand lodge at the quarterly com-
munication, as has been the antient laudable
conduct of our forefathers in every nation ; never
taking a legal course but when the case cannot
be otherwise decided, and patiently listening to
the hbnest and friendly advice of master and
fellows, when they would prevent your going to
law with strangers, or would excite you to put.a
speedy period to all law-suits, that so you may
find the affair of masonry with the more alacrity
and success ; but with respect to brothers or
fellows at law, the master and brethren should
kindly offer their mediation, which ought to be
thankfully submitted to by the contending
brethren ; and if that submission is impracticable,
ANTIENT CHAKGES. 15
they must, however, carry on their process, or
law-suit, without wrath and rancour (not in the
common way), saying or doing nothing which
may hinder brotherly love and good offices to be
renewed and continued, that all may see the
benign influence of masonry, as all true masons
have done from the beginning of the world, and
will do to the end of time.
Amen, so mote it be.
REGULATIONS
FOB THE
GOVERNMENT OF THE CRAFT.
BY the solemn Act of Union between the
two Grand Lodges of Free-masons of England
in December, 1813, it was "declared and pro-
" nounced that pure Antient Masonry consists
" of three degrees and no more, viz., those of
" the Entered Apprentice, the Fellow Craft, and
" the Master Mason, including the Supreme
" Order of the Holy Royal Arch."
The public interests of the fraternity are
managed by a general representation of all
private lodges on record, together with the
grand stewards of the year and the present and
past grand officers, and the grand master at
their head. This collective body is styled THE
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ANTIENT
FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS OF
ENGLAND, and its members rank in the fol-
lowing order : —
1. The Grand Master,
2. The Pro Grand Master,
3. Past Grand Masters,
4. Past Pro Grand Masters,
5. Deputy Grand Master,
6. Past Deputy Grand Masters,
THE GRAND LODGE. 17
7. Provincial and District Grand Masters,
8. Past Provincial and District Grand Masters,
9. Grand Wardens,
10. Past Grand Wardens,
11. Grand Chaplains,
12. Past Grand Chaplains,
13. Grand Treasurer,
14. Past Grand Treasurers,
1 5. Grand Registrar,
1 6. Past Grand Registrars,
17. President of the Board of General Pur-
poses,
18. Past Presidents of the Board of General
Purposes,
19. Grand Secretary,
20. Past Grand Secretaries,
21. Grand Deacons,
22. Past Grand Deacons,
23. Grand Superintendent of Works,
24. Past Grand Superintendents of Works,
25. Grand Director of Ceremonies,
26. Past Grand Directors of Ceremonies,
27. Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies,
28. Past Assistant Grand Directors of Cere-
monies,
29. Grand Sword Bearer,
30. Past Grand Sword Bearers,
31. Grand Organist,
32. Past Grand Organists,
c
18 THE GRAND LODGE.
33. Grand Pursuivant,
34. Assistant Grand Pursuivant,
The Grand Stewards of the year,
The Master, Past Masters, and Wardens of
the Grand Stewards' Lodge, and of every
other private Lodge.
1. Every brother regularly elected and in-
stalled as master of a lodge, under the constitu-
tion of the grand lodge of England, who has
executed that office for one year, shall, so long
as he continues a subscribing member of any
lodge, rank as a past master, and be a member
of the grand lodge. Subscription as a member of
any lodge is sufficient to preserve his rank and
rights as a past master ; but having for twelve
months ceased to subscribe to any lodge, he shall
no longer continue a member of the grand lodge :
nor can he regain that privilege until again in-
stalled master of a lodge.
2. Brethren of eminence and ability, who have
rendered service to the craft, may, by a vote of
the grand lodge, duly confirmed, be constituted
members of the grand lodge, with such rank and
distinction as may be thought proper.
3. No member of the grand lodge shall attend
therein without his proper jewel and clothing ;
nor shall any member be permitted to wear in
THE GRAND LODGE. 19
»
the grand lodge, or in any private lodge, any
jewel, medal, or device belonging or appertain-
ing to any order or degree not recognized by the
grand lodge of England as part of pure antient
masonry.
4. Should any lodge have neglected to make
its returns and payments to the grand lodge for
the space of one year, the master, wardens, and
past masters of such lodge shall not be permitted
to attend any meeting of the grand lodge until
such returns and payments shall have been com-
pleted,
5. No brother shall be permitted to attend
the grand lodge as master, past master, or
warden, until his name and appointment shall
have been duly returned to the grand secretary.
See page 69, Art 25, and page 78, Art. 7.
6. No brother shall hold more than one office
in the grand lodge at one and the same time.
7. Four grand lodges shall be holden, for
quarterly communication, in each year, viz., on
the First Wednesday in the months of March,
June, September, and December, at which none
shall be present but the proper members with-
out permission of the grand master. No visitor
shall speak to any question without leave of the
grand master, nor shall he, on any occasion, be
permitted to vote.
C 2
20 THE GRAND LODGE.
8. It being essential to the interests of the
craft that all matters of business to be brought
under the consideration of the grand lodge
should be previously known to the grand officers
and masters of lodges, that, through them all
the representatives of lodges may be apprised of
such business, and be prepared to decide thereon,
without being taken by surprise, a general com-
mittee, consisting of the present and past grand
officers, and the master of every regular lodge,
shall meet on the Wednesday fortnight immedi-
ately preceding each quarterly communication, at
which meeting all reports or representations from
the most worshipful grand master, or the board
of general purposes, or any board or committee
appointed by the grand lodge, shall be read ; and
any member of the grand lodge intending to
make motion therein, or to submit any matter to
its consideration, shall, at such general commit-
tee, state, in writing, the nature of his intended
motion or business, that the same may be read.
No motion, or other matter, shall be brought into
discussion in the grand lodge, unless it shall
have been previously communicated to this gene-
ral committee. No nomination for any board or
committee shall be received, unless it be in
writing, signed by a member of grand lodge :
the masonic rank of every proposed candidate,
THE GRAND LODGE. 21
with the name and number of his lodge, must
be stated.
Notices of motion once given shall stand on
the paper of business in their order of pre-
cedency, if renewed at the general committee,
until they have been considered by grand lodge,
or otherwise disposed of.
9. The general committee, when assembled,
shall be governed by the laws enacted for pre-
serving order in the grand lodge during the time
of business. If the master of any lodge cannot
attend, the immediate past master may supply
his place ; should that brother be unable to
attend, some other past master of such lodge may
act for him, but in every case the past master
must be a subscribing member of that lodga
10. At such committee, three masters or past
masters of lodges shall be nominated, who shall
attend, within the porch of the grand lodge, at
the subsequent quarterly communication for the
purpose of guarding, under the superintendence
of the grand pursuivant, against the admission
of any but those who are qualified, have their
proper clothing and jewels, have signed their
names to the accustomed papers, and are in
all respects entitled to admission. The three
brethren so nominated shall be assisted by
22 THE GRAND LODGE.
three grand stewards of the year, who shall be
summoned to attend for that purpose in rotation,
according to the numbers of the lodges which
they represent. For the like purpose, the grand
master shall nominate six brethren to attend in
the porch of the grand lodge, on the day of the
grand festival, and also on any special meeting
of the grand lodge.
11. In order that all lodges may be duly in-
formed of the business to come before grand
lodge, the printed report of the proceedings of
the last grand lodge, and a printed copy of the
notices of motion for the ensuing grand lodge,
shall be sent to all lodges in England at least
ten days before each quarterly communication.
A paper of the business to be transacted in
grand lodge shall be placed in the hands of each
member on his entrance into the hall. All
brethren, being members of grand lodge, may
have such papers of business and notices* of
special grand lodge meetings, together with
all reports of the quarterly communications
forwarded to them by post on registering their
addresses and paying a fee of five shillings per
flTmnnn hi advance.
12. The grand master, in his absence, the pro
grand master, in his absence, the deputy grand
master, or, in his absence, the grand wardens,
THE GRAND LODGE. 23
may summon and hold grand lodges of emer-
gency, whenever the good of the craft shall, in
their opinion, require it ; the particular reason
for convening such lodge of emergency shall be
expressed in the summons, and no other business
shall be entered upon at that meeting.
13. There shall be a masonic festival, annually,
on the Wednesday next following St. George's
Day, which shall be dedicated to brotherly love
and refreshment, and to which all regular ma-
sons may have access, on providing themselves
with tickets from the grand stewards of the
year. No private lodge within the London
district shall have a masonic feast on the day of
the grand festival
1 4. I£ at any grand lodge, stated or occasional,
the grand master be absent, the lodge shall be
ruled by the grand officer or past grand officer
next in rank and seniority who may be present,
and, if no grand officer be present, by the master
of the senior lodge:
N.B. The grand lodge is declared to be opened
in ample form when the grand master or pro
grand master is present, in due form when a
past grand master or the deputy presides, at all
other times, only inform, yet with the same
authority.
24 THE GRAND LODGE.
15. All powers and authorities, rules and
regulations, for the government of the grand
lodge, or provincial grand lodges, or private
lodges, or boards, or committees respectively,
during times of public business or meetings,
i
or proceedings, shall be used and exercised, and
enforced respectively by the officers or members
by any law or constitution authorized to preside
or act in the absence of the grand master, or
any superior officer or member in such lodges,
boards, or committees, or in the general govern-
ment of the craft, as fully to all intents and
purposes as if such substitute officers or mem-
bers were specified in every law or constitution,
in which any powers or authorities are given,
or rules or regulations prescribed for the prin-
cipals, unless special provision is made to the
contrary.
16. The grand lodge alone has the inherent
power of enacting laws and regulations for the
government of the craft, and of altering, repeal-
ing, and abrogating them, always taking care
that the antient landmarks of the order be pre-
served. The grand lodge has also the power of
investigating, regulating, and deciding all matters
relative to the crafty or to particular lodges, or to
individual brothers, which it may exercise either
of itself or by such delegated authority as, in its
THE GEAND LODGE. 25
wisdom and discretion, it may appoint ; but in
the grand lodge alone resides the power of
erasing lodges and expelling brethren from the
craft, a power which it does not delegate to any
subordinate authority in England.
1 7. No lodge shall be erased, nor any brother
expelled, until the master or officers of the
lodge, or the offending brother, shall have been
summoned to show cause, in the grand lodge,
why such sentence should not be recorded and
enforced.
18. All differences 'or complaints that cannot
be accommodated privately, or in a regular lodge,
shall be reduced into writing, and delivered to
the grand secretary, who shall lay the same before
the grand master, or the board of general pur-
poses, or other board or committee appointed by
the grand lodge. When all parties shall have
been summoned to attend thereon, and the case
investigated, such order and adjudication shall be
made as is authorized by the laws and regula-
tions of masonry.
19. When any memorial, petition, or other
document shall be presented by a member of the
grand lodge, either on behalf of himself or
another, he shall declare that such document
does not contain improper matter, or offensive or
indecorous language.
26 THE GRAND LODGE.
REGULATIONS for the GOVERNMENT of
GRAND LODGE during the time of PUB-
LIC BUSINESS, to be read at the Quarterly
Communication in March.
1. The grand lodge being opened, the minutes
of the last quarterly communication, and of any
intervening grand lodge, are to be read and re-
spectively put for confirmation; but reports,
communications, or documents approved or re-
jected at any previous meeting, shall not be read
in extenso, unless called for by a brother with a
view of founding a motion thereon. All commu-
nications from the grand master, and reports
from the board of benevolence and other boards,
are then to be read and taken into consideration,
and the other business to be regularly proceeded
with.
2. At the third stroke of the grand master's
gavel, or whenever the grand master shall call
to order, there shall be general silence.
3. All members shall keep their seats, except
the grand deacons, grand director of ceremonies,
his assistant, and grand stewards, who are
allowed to move about, in the discharge of their
duties.
THE GRAND LODGE. 27
4. No brother shall speak twice to the same
question, unless in explanation, or the mover in
reply.
5. Every one who speaks shall rise and remain
standing, addressing himself to the grand master,
nor shall any brother presume to interrupt him,
unless to address the grand master to order, or
the grand master shall think fit to call him to
order, but after he has been set right, he may
proceed if he observe due order and decorum.
6. If any member shall have been twice called
to order for transgressing these rules, and shall
nevertheless be guilty of a third offence at the
same meeting, the grand "master shall peremp-
torily command him to quit the lodge for that
meeting.
7. Whoever shall be so unmasonic as to hiss
at a brother, or at what he has said, shall forth-
with be solemnly excluded, and declared inca-
pable of being a member of grand lodge, until,
at another time, he publicly own his fault, and
grace be granted.
8. No motion for a grant of money, for a new
law or regulation, or for the alteration or repeal
of an old one, shall be made, until communicated
28 THE GRAND LODGE.
to the general committee on the Wednesday fort-
night preceding the quarterly communication,
nor until it shall have been handed up in writing
to the grand master. After having been perused
and found by him not to contain anything con-
trary to the antient landmarks of the order, the
motion may be proposed, and on being seconded,
the question shall be put thereon. If carried,
and confirmed at the next ensuing meeting of
grand lodge, it becomes a law.
9. All matters are to be decided by a majority
of votes, each member having one vote, and the
grand master two votes, unless the lodge think
proper to leave any particular subject to the
determination of the grand master. The votes of
the members are to be signified by each holding
up one of his hands, and the motion is then to be
declared as carried or lost ; but if two members
demand that the votes be counted, the brethren
in favour of the motion shall pass to one side of
the grand lodge, and those against it to the other,
when they shall be counted by the grand deacons,
the mover and seconder of the motion, and two
of its opponents ; provided such demand appear
reasonable to the grand master.
10. No motion on a new subject shall be made
nor any new matter entered upon, after ten
o'clock at night.
29
0/ GRAND MASTER
AND
PRO GRAND MASTER.
1. The grand master shall, according to ancient
usage, be nominated at the quarterl) r communi-
cation in December, in every year, being the
meeting nearest to the winter solstice, and at
the grand lodge nearest to the vernal equinox,
namely, in March, the election shall take place.
The grand master, so elected, shall, either on the
day of the grand masonic festival or on the day
immediately preceding, as he may direct, be re-
gularly installed. He is then to nominate his
grand officers, who are thereupon to be installed
or invested in antient form, with the exception
of the president of the board of general pur-
poses, who is to be appointed and invested at
the quarterly communication in June.
The grand master, if a prince of the blood
royal, may appoint a pro grand master, being a
peer of the realm, who in his absence shall
possess all the powers of the grand master.
2. Should the grand master die during his
mastership, the pro grand master, in his absence,
the deputy grand master, or, in his absence, the
grand wardens, shall assemble the grand lodge
30 THE GRAND MASTER
immediately, to record the event ; which grand
lodge shall, if there be no pro grand master,
appoint three of its members to invite the last
preceding grand master to act until a new elec-
tion take place ; should he decline or be unable
to act, then the last but one, and so on.
If there be a pro grand master at the time
when a vacancy occurs, he shall forthwith act as
grand master until a new election at the usual
period, but if there be no pro grand master or
past grand master willing to act, then, at the ,
meeting which shall be convened to record the
vacancy, a day shall be fixed for the grand
lodge being summoned to elect a grand master
for the remainder of the year.
3. The grand master may, by warrant, ap-
point any brother of eminence and skill to re-
present him in a sister grand lodge. He may
also constitute any distinguished brother, regu-
larly deputed from a sister grand lodge, a mem-
ber of the grand lodge of England, with such
rank as may be appropriate.
4. The grand master may appoint brethren
of eminence and ability to be members of grand
lodge with such rank and distinction as he may
think proper ; provided that nothing herein con-
tained shall empower provincial grand masters
THE GRAND MASTER 31
to make similar appointments in their respec-
tive provinces.
5. The grand master has full authority to
preside in any lodge, and to order any of his
grand officers to attend him. His deputy is to
be placed on his right, and the master of the
lodge on his left hand. His wardens are also
to act as wardens of that lodge during his pre-
sence ; but if the grand wardens be absent,
then the grand master may command the war-
dens of the lodge, or any master masons to act
as his wardens pro tempore.
6. The grand master may send his grand
officers to visit any lodge he may think proper.
7. Should the grand master be dissatisfied
with the conduct of any of his grand officers,
he may submit the cause of complaint to the
grand lodge ; and should it appear to the ma-
jority of the brethren present that the complaint
be well founded, he may displace such grand
officer and nominate another. But no grand
officer can be removed without the approbation
of the grand lodge.
8. The grand master may summon any lodge
or brother to attend him, and to produce the
32 THE GEAND MASTER
warrant, books, papers, and accounts of the lodge,
and the certificate of the brother. If the sum-
mons be not complied with, or a sufficient reason
given for non-compliance, the summons is to be
repeated as a peremptory summons ; and if such
last summons be not attended to, the lodge or
brother may be suspended, and the proceeding
notified to the grand lodge.
9. If the grand master should be satisfied that
any brother has been illegally, or without suffi-
cient cause, excluded from any of his masonic
functions or privileges, by a private lodge or
other authority, he may order him to be rein-
stated, and may also suspend, until the next en-
suing quarterly communication, the lodge or bro-
ther who shall refuse to comply with his order.
10. The grand master shall only be applied
to on any business concerning masons or ma-
sonry, through the deputy grand master, the
grand registrar, or the grand secretary.
11. If the grand master should abuse his
power, and render himself unworthy of the
obedience of the lodges, he shall be subjected to
some new regulation, to be dictated by the occa-
sion; because, hitherto, the antient fraternity
have had no reason to provide for an event
which they have presumed would never happen.
THE DEPUTY GRAND MASTER 33
Of DEPUTY GRAND MASTER.
1. This officer is to be appointed annually, by
the grand master, on the day of his installation,
and, if present, is to be immediately installed,
according to antient usage. And in the absence
of the grand master and pro grand master, shall
possess all the powers and privileges of the grand
master.
2. The deputy grand master has full authority
to preside in any lodge with the master of the
lodge on his right hand. The grand wardens, if
present, are to act as wardens of that lodge,
during his presence.
Of GRAND WARDENS.
1. The grand wardens are appointed by the
grand mair, annually, on the day of his instal-
Lm. They cannot ^ a, wardens of a private
lodge while they continue grand wardens.
2. When the grand wardens are in the lodge
no others can supply their places, but in their
absence the seniors of the past grand wardens
present shall act pro tempore. If no past grand
warden be present, the grand master may direct
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34 GRAND CHAPLAINS— TREASURER.
any other member of grand lodge being, or hav-
ing been, master of a lodge, to act as grand
warden for that occasion.
3. The grand wardens, whenever commanded,
are to attend the grand master, or his deputy,
and while he presides in any particular lodge
are to act there as his wardens.
4. A grand warden not attending his duty in
grand lodge shall, for each absence, pay a fine of
one guinea to the general fund of charity. On
his neglecting to pay the fines when incurred,
his office may be declared vacant, and any rank
or distinction acquired in consequence of his
appointment forfeited.
Of GRAND CHAPLAINS.
The grand chaplains axe to be appointed by
the grand master on the day of his installation,
and shall attend the quarterly communications
and other meetings of the grand lodge, and there
offer up solemn prayer, suitable to the occasion,
as established by the usage of the fraternity.
Of GRAND TREASURER.
1. The grand treasurer shall be elected by the
THE GRAND REGISTRAR 35
grand lodge at the quarterly communication in
March,
2. He shall, when required, give a joint bond,
with two sureties, to the grand master, and to
such other trustees as the grand lodge shall
nominate, in such penalty and with such condi-
tions as may be deemed expedient, for the due
performance of his trust.
3. To the grand treasurer shall be entrusted
all money raised for the use of the society ; and
he shall disburse the same in such a manner as
the grand lodge shall direct, and produce his
accounts of receipts and disbursements, before
every quarterly communication ; and these ac-
counts shall be annually audited by the profes-
sional auditor, to be appointed by the grand
master pursuant to a resolution passed in grand
lodge on the 23rd June, 1859.
Of GRAND REGISTRAR.
1. The grand registrar is to be appointed
annually by the grand master on the day of his
installation, and, if present, invested according
to antient custom ; he must be an actual master
or past master of a lodge.
2. He shall have the custody of the seals of
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36 PRESIDENT OF BOARD OF G. P.
the grand lodge, and shall affix, or may autho-
rise the grand secretary to affix, the same to all
patents, warrants, certificates, and other docu-
ments issued by the authority of the grand lodge,
as well as to such as the grand master, in con-
formity with the established laws and regula-
tions of the craft, may direct.
3. He is to superintend the records of the
grand lodge, and to take care that the several
documents issued be in due form.
4. The grand master may, by a written docu-
ment, direct the grand registrar to take charge
of any province for which there is not a grand
master, and he shall thereby be empowered to
appoint a deputy provincial grand master and
other officers, with the same authority and privi-
leges and under the same regulations as if they
had been appointed by a provincial grand master,
and shall perform all other functions of a pro-
vincial grand master for that province.
Of the PRESIDENT of the BOARD of
GENERAL PURPOSES.
The president of the board is to be annually
appointed and invested by the grand master at
the quarterly communication in June ; and shall,
THE GRAND SECRETARY. 37
by virtue of his office, be a grand officer, with
rank next to past grand registrars ; and on re-
tiring from office he shall rank as a past grand
officer.
Of GRAND SECRETARY.
1. The grand secretary is to be appointed by
the grand master, and shall continue without
re-appointment during the pleasure of the grand
lodge ; he may have a clerk or clerks, who must
be master masons, but are not, by the appoint-
ment, members of the grand lodge ; and, there-
fore, if not otherwise members of grand lodge,
cannot attend therein without leave, or speak
therein without special permission. But if any
assistant or clerk be in any capacity a member
of the grand lodge, he is not, by his appoint-
ment, deprived of his rights or privileges as a
member of the grand lodge.
2. The grand secretary may, under the autho-
rity of the grand registrar, affix the seals of the
.grand lodge to such patents, warrants, certifi-
cates, and other documents, as shall be specified
in any such authority ; his duty is to issue sum-
monses for all meetings of the grand lodge, its
boards and committees, and to attend and take
minutes of their proceedings, to receive the re-
38 THE GRAND DEACONS.
turns from the several lodges, and enter them in
the books of the grand lodge ; to transmit to all
the lodges the accounts of the proceedings of the
quarterly communications, and all other papers
and documents which may be ordered, either by
the grand master or grand lodge ; to receive all
petitions, memorials, &c, and to lay them before
the grand master or other proper authority ; to
attend the grand master, and take to him any
books and papers he may direct ; and generally
to do all such things as heretofore have been
done or ought to be done by a grand secretary.
Of GRAND DEACONS.
1. The grand deacons are to be appointed by
the grand master, on the day of his installation,
and each must have regularly served the office
of warden of a private lodge.
2. If the grand deacons be absent, the grand
master may appoint the master of any lodge to
officiate pro tempore.
A grand deacon not attending his duty in
grand lodge shall for each absence pay a fine of
half-a-guinea. On his neglecting to pay the fines
when incurred, his office may be declared vacant,
and any rank or distinction acquired in conse-
quence of his appointment forfeited.
GRAND SUPERINTENDENT, ETC. 39
O/GRAND SUPERINTENDENT o/WORKS,
GRAND DIRECTOR of CEREMONIES,
ASSISTANT GRAND DIRECTOR of
CEREMONIES, GRAND SWORD
BEARER, GRAND ORGANIST,
and GRAND PURSUIVANT.
1. The grand superintendent of works, di-
rector of ceremonies, assistant director of cere-
monies, sword bearer, organist, and pursuivant,
are to be appointed annually by the grand master
on the day of his installation. They must be
master masons, and are to attend the quarterly
communications and other meetings of the grand
lodge.
2, The grand superintendent of works is to
advise with the board of general purposes on all
plans of building or edifices undertaken by the
grand lodge, and furnish estimates ; he is to
superintend their construction, and see that they
are conformable to the plans as approved. He
is at the first meeting of the board of general
purposes in every year to report on the state of
repair of the edifices of the grand lodge, and
make such further reports from time ta time as
he may deem expedient.
40 GRAND STANDARD BEARERS.
3. The grand director of ceremonies, in addi-
tion to his other duties, has the care of the re-
galia, clothing, insignia, and jewels belonging to
the grand lodge.
4. A grand sword bearer not attending his
duty in grand lodge shall, for each absence, pay
a fine of half-a-guinea. On his neglecting to
pay the fines when incurred, his office may be
declared vacant, and any rank or distinction
acquired in consequence of his appointment
forfeited.
5. The grand pursuivant is to preside over
the brethren nominated to attend within the
porch of the grand lodge. He is at every meet-
ing of the grand lodge to preserve order in the
porch, and with the assistance of the brethren
nominated to attend there, to see that none be
admitted, except those who are qualified, have
their proper clothing and jewels, have signed
their names to the accustomed papers, and are
in all respects entitled to admission.
Of GRAND STANDARD BEARERS.
Grand standard bearers may be appointed by
the grand master as occasion shall require. They
THE GRAND TYLER 41
must be master masons, and are to carry the
standards of the grand lodge, grand patron, and
grand master, on all grand ceremonies. They
are not, however, by their appointment, mem-
bei*s of the grand lodge, nor are they to wear
the clothing of a grand officer.
Any grand officer, entitled to have a standard,
may, whenever it shall be necessary, appoint a
standard bearer, who must be a master mason.
Of GRAND TYLER.
1. The grand tyler must be a master mason.
He is to be appointed by the grand master ;
and continues in office during pleasure.
2. The grand tyler is to receive from the
grand secretary, the summonses for all meetings
of the grand lodge, its boards and committees,
and carefully deliver the same. He is to attend
all such meetings, assist in the arrangements,
and see that none be admitted but those pro-
perly entitled.
3. If the grand tyler shall, without the licence
of the grand master, attend at any masonic
funeral or public procession, officiate or attend
at any meeting or pretended lodge of masons,
not being regularly constituted, and not acknow-
42 THE GRAND STEWARDS.
ledging the authority of the grand master, nor
conforming to the laws of the grand lodge, he
shall thereby be rendered incapable of ever after
being a tyler or attendant on any lodge, and be
excluded the benefit of the general charity.
Of GRAND STEWARDS.
1. Eighteen grand stewards shall be annually
appointed, for the regulation of the grand festi-
val, under the direction of the grand master.
They shall also assist in conducting the arrange-
ments made for the quarterly communications
and other meetings of the grand lodge.
2. The grand stewards shall be appointed from
eighteen different lodges, each of which shall
recommend one of its subscribing members, who
must be a master mason, to be presented by the
former steward of that lodge, for the approba-
tion and appointment of the grand master ; and
when so approved and appointed, he is entitled
to wear the clothing of a grand steward.
3. The name and residence of the brother re-
commended as grand steward shall be trans-
mitted by his lodge to the grand secretary, four-
teen days at least previous to the grand festival
THE GRAND STEWARDS. 43
4. If any lodge possessing the privilege of
recommendation shall neglect to send to the
grand secretary the name of one of its members,
or to supply the place of one who shall decline
or become incapable of discharging the duties of
the office, as required by the preceding articles,
the lodge shall forfeit its privilege, and the
grand master shall nominate some other lodge
to have such privilege in future.
5. No brother shall be presented as a grand
steward unless he was made in the lodge by
which he is recommended, or has been twelve
months a subscribing member to it.
6. No lodge shall (under the penalty of for-
feiting the privilege of nomination) subscribe or
in any manner contribute towards the expense
to be incurred by any steward in the discharge
of his duties ; and any steward who shall accept
of moneys towards such expense, or shall neglect
to pay his proportion of the necessary expenses,
shall forfeit all privilege or distinction acquired
in consequence of his serving that office.
7. Should any brother, recommended as a
grand steward, decline or be incapable of dis-
charging the duties of the office, the lodge which
recommended him shall, when informed of the
44 GEAND STEWARDS' LODGE.
circumstance, transmit the name of another bro-
ther to supply his place.
8. Any grand steward not attending the meet-
ings of the grand lodge when duly summoned,
shall, for each absence, pay to the general fund
of charity a fine of half-a -guinea. On his neglect-
ing to pay such fine when incurred, he shall
forfeit all privileges derived from his office.
9. The grand stewards shall so regulate the
grand festival that no expense fall on the grand
lodge, and they are strictly enjoined not to in-
troduce, or permit any refreshment to be intro-
duced, into the hall after the grand master or
other presiding officer shall have departed.
10. The grand stewards shall have the ex-
clusive privilege of becoming members of the
grand stewards' lodge ; subject to its by-laws
and regulations.
11. Past grand stewards, being members of
grand lodge, shall have set apart for them the
front benches on either side in the body of grand
lodge.
Of the GRAND STEWARDS' LODGE.
1. The grand stewards' lodge shall not have a
PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER 45
number, but shall be registered in the books of
the grand lodge, and placed in the printed list, at
the head of all other lodges, and rank accordingly.
2. The grand stewards' lodge, being constituted
as a master masons' lodge, has no power of
making, passing, or raising masons.
Of PROVINCIAL or DISTRICT GRAND
MASTER*
1. The appointment of this officer is a prero-
gative of the grand master, by whom a patent
may be granted, during pleasure, to any brother
of eminence and ability in the craft who may be
thought worthy of the appointment. By this
patent the brother is invested with a rank and
power in his particular district, similar to those
possessed by the grand master. He shall be
installed at the first provincial grand lodge
which he may hold after his appointment.
2. He is empowered to appoint for his province
a deputy, two wardens* two deacons, and other
* Provincial Grand Masters and Provincial Grand Lodges
in the Colonies and Foreign Parts are designated District
Grand Masters and District Grand Lodges, to distinguish
tuch Officers and such Bodies from the Provincial Grand
Masters and Grand Lodges at home. A Provincial or District
Grand Master must serve for the full period of five years to
entitle him to Past Bank,
46 PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER.
grand officers (except the treasurer, who is to be
elected), and also provincial grand stewards not
exceeding six in number.
3. He may preside in every lodge he visits
within his district, with his deputy provincial
grand master on his right and the master of the
lodge on his left hand ; his wardens, if present,
may act as wardens of that lodge during his
presence ; but, if they be absent, the provincial
grand master may direct the wardens of the
lodge, or any other master masons, to act as his
wardens pro tempore.
4. He shall hear and determine all subjects of
masonic complaint or irregularity, respecting
lodges or individual masons, within his district,
and may proceed to admonition, fine, or sus-
pension, according to the general laws of the
craft, A minute of such proceedings, stating
the offence and the law applicable to it, together
with the decision, is to be transmitted to the
grand master. When the case is of so flagrant
a nature as, in the judgment of the provincial
grand master, to require the erasure of a lodge,
or the expulsion of a brother, he shall make a
special report to the grand lodge, with his
opinion thereon.
The provincial grand master has no power to
PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER. 47
expel a mason, though he may, when satisfied
that any brother has been illegally excluded
from any of his masonic functions or privileges,
by a lodge within his district, order him to be
immediately restored, and may suspend, until
the next quarterly communication, the lodge or
brother, who shall refuse to comply with such
order.
5. If the provincial grand master or his deputy
shall neglect to proceed forthwith on any case
submitted for his decision, the application or
complaint may be transmitted to the board of
general purposes. An appeal, in all cases, lies
from the provincial grand master to the grand
lodge or grand master.
6. The provincial grand master may summon
any lodge or brother, within his district, to attend
him, and to produce the warrant, books, papers,
and accounts of the lodge, or the certificate of the
brother. If the summons be not complied with,
nor a sufficient reason given for non-compliance,
a peremptory summons shall be issued ; and in
case of contumacy, the lodge or brother may be
suspended, and the proceeding notified to the
grand lodge or the grand master.
7. He has power, with the concurrence of the
48 PROVINCIAL GRAND MASTER
grand master, to give or to refuse consent for the
removal of a lodge from town to town within his
district, or from his district into another, or from
another district into his own, provided that in
all cases the laws relating to the removal of
lodges shall have been complied with.
8. He should hold a provincial grand lodge,
in such place as may seem to him most con-
venient, at least once in each year, when there
may also be a masonic festival. He may convene
provincial grand lodges of emergency whenever
in his judgment it may be necessary.
9. He is required by himself, or his deputy, to
correspond with the grand lodge, and to transmit
to the grand secretary, at or prior to the quar-
terly communication in Maxch, a circumstantial
account, in writing, of his proceedings, and of
the state of masonry within his province, together
with a list of such lodges as may have been con-
stituted since his last return, and the fees due
thereon to the grand lodge. He is to forward,
or cause to be forwarded, to the grand master a
summary of the minutes of every provincial
grand lodge within one month of the holding
thereof, together with the names of all brethren
appointed to provincial grand office, the names
and numbers of the lodges to which they belong,
and their respective residences.
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10. To ensure the regular performance of the
duties of provincial g*rand master, and to pre-
vent inconvenience arising from the neglect of
them, he may appoint a deputy to execute all
the functions of the office in his name, and may,
for this purpose, invest him by patent, under his
hand and seal, with all the requisite powers,
during pleasure.
11. The provincial grand master must trans-
mit, in writing, the name and place of abode of
his deputy, to all the lodges of his district, and
also to the grand secretary, in order to have him
registered, within one month of the appointment,
and, at the same time, specify whether he intends
the business of the province to be transacted by
himself or deputy.
12. The provincial grand master, holding his
office a,t the pleasure of the grand master, and the
power of the deputy as well as of the provincial
grand lodge emanating from the authority vested
in the provincial grand master, he or his deputy
must be responsible that the provincial grand
lodge does not exceed its lawful powers. He is,
therefore, to cause correct minutes to be kept of
all its proceedings, and to produce them to the
grand master or grand lodge when required.
50 PEOVINCIAL GRAND OFFICERS.
Of DEPUTY PROVINCIAL GRAND
MASTER.
1. The deputy provincial grand master must
have previously served the office of master in a
regular lodge, and be resident within the pro-
vince, and a subscribing member to a lodge
therein, and regularly authorized by patent to
hold office during pleasure.
2. He is invested with the rank of a deputy
grand master within the province, and may pre-
side, unless the provincial grand master be pre-
sent, in any lodge he may visit within his dis-
trict. He is not, by his office, a member of the
grand lodge, nor does he possess any rank out
of his district, though he is entitled to wear the
clothing of a provincial grand officer, or past
provincial grand officer, in all masonic meetings.
Of the other PROVINCIAL GRAND
OFFICERS.
1 . These must all be resident within the pro-
vince, and subscribing members to some lodge
therein, but the M. W. grand master may grant
a dispensation for non-residence. A fee of two
guineas for grand wardens, and one guinea for
PKOVINCIAL GEAND STEWARDS. 51
any subordinate officer, shall be paid to the
general fund of charity for such dispensation.
2. The grand wardens and subordinate pro-
vincial grand officers (except the treasurer, who
is to be elected) are to be annually appointed by
the provincial grand master, and such officers
are respectively to be invested in the provincial
grand lodge, and shall possess within their dis-
trict, the rank and privileges of grand officers ;
but they are not by such appointment members
of the grand lodge, nor do they take any rank
out of their district, though they are entitled to
wear their clothing as provincial grand officers,
or past provincial grand officers, in all masonic
meetings.
8. No brother can be appointed a provincial
grand warden unless he be the master or past
master of a lodge ; nor a provincial grand dea-
con unless he be a warden or past warden of a
lodge.
Of PROVINCIAL GRAND STEWARDS.
Provincial grand stewards, while in office,
may wear jewels suspended by crimson collars,
and aprons with crimson edgings, of the same
width as the collars and edgings of the aprons
of the provincial grand officers, and are mem-
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52 PEOVINCIAL GEAND LODGES.
bers of their own provincial grand lodge ; but
when out of office they are no longer members,
or entitled to wear crimson aprons and collars,
or jewels, nor are provincial grand stewards
entitled to wear crimson aprons or collars out
of their own province.
Of PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGES.
1. When the provincial grand master pre-
sides, the provincial grand lodge is to be declared
open in "due form." If the deputy or other
brother preside, " inform 9 ' only.
2. The actual and past provincial grand officers,
whilst they remain subscribing members to a
lodge in the province, with the actual provincial
grand stewards, and the masters, past masters,
and wardens, of all lodges within the province,
are members of the provincial grand lodge, and
the masters and wardens shall attend the same
when duly summoned.
3. The provincial grand lodge has the power
of framing by-laws for its own government, and
of making regulations for the guidance of the
private lodges of the province; provided that
none of these be contrary to or inconsistent with,
the laws and constitutions of the grand lodge ;
PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGES. 53
but such by-laws shall not be valid until sub-
mitted to, and approved by, the most worshipful
grand master.
4. Great advantage having been experienced
from the establishment of a local fund for chari-
table and other masonic purposes, each provincial
grand lodge may direct payments to be made by
the provincial grand officers and the lodges in the
province for this desirable purpose (exclusive of
the contributions payable to the grand lodge).
The payments by lodges shall not exceed the fol-
lowing sums, viz., sixpence per quarter for every'
contributing member of a lodge, five shillings
for every person who has been initiated, and one
shilling for every member who has joined any
lodge since the last payment. This fund cannot
be established without the concurrence of at least
two-thirds of the members present in provincial
grand lodge, nor unless each lodge in the pro-
vince shall have had due notice of the meeting,
and of the intention to propose the establishment
of such fund, nor until the decision shall have
been confirmed at a subsequent meeting of the
provincial grand lodge, of which meeting due
notice shall also be given. If this fund be esta-
blished, the mode of contribution by lodges shall
on no pretence be departed from, though the
provincial grand lodge may diminish any of the
54 PEOVINCIAL GKAND LODGES.
payments, or exact only part of them at their
discretion. Thus country lodges can, in no case,
be subjected to fees exceeding those paid by
every lodge within the London district, while
their members will have the advantage of a
local fund as well as of the general fund of
charity in London.
The provincial grand lodge may make such
regulations as they may deem necessary for the
application of this fund.
5. The provincial grand lodge shall elect a
treasurer annually, by whom a regular account
of the receipts and disbursements of this fund
shall be kept. These accounts must be produced
at every provincial grand lodge, and audited
once in each year, and a copy thereof transmitted
to tha lodges within the province.
6. Correct minutes of the proceedings of the
provincial grand lodge shall be kept in a book
proper for the purpose, which shall be produced,
by the provincial grand master, for the inspec-
tion of the grand master or grand lodge when-
ever required.
7. The provincial grand lodge emanates from
the authority vested in the provincial grand mas-
ter, and possesses no other powers than those
DISTRICT GRAND LODGES- 55
specified It therefore follows that no provincial
grand lodge can meet but by the sanction of the
provincial grand master or his deputy ; and that
it ceases to exist on the death, resignation, sus-
pension, or removal of the provincial grand
master, until a brother is duly appointed or em-
powered to perform the functions of provincial
grand master, by whose authority the provincial
grand lodge may be again established.
8. Should the provincial grand master desire
the opinion of his provincial grand lodge on the
subject of any masonic complaint or irregularity
within his district, they shall fully inquire into
the matter and report their opinion thereon to
the provincial grand master, with whom alone
the decision remains, unless there shall be an
appeal to the grand lodge against such decision.
Of DISTRICT GRAND LODGES.
IN COLONIES OR FOREIGN PARTS.
1. It being necessary on account of the dis-
tance from England of district grand lodges, and
the consequent delay in their communications
with the grand lodge of England, that their
powers should be more extensive than those of
56 DISTRICT GRAND LODGES.
provincial grand lodges, the grand lodge dele-
gates to its district grand lodges, meeting under
district grand masters duly authorized and ap-
pointed by the grand master of England, in
addition to the powers specified under the head
of " provincial grand lodges," the power of ex-
pelling masons, and erasing lodges within their
respective districts ; also the power of investi-
gating, regulating, and deciding on all matters
relating to lodges and individual masons within
their respective districts, which power they may
exercise either of themselves, or by a committee
of their body.
The M. W. grand master may confer on dis-
trict grand masters, and on masters of lodges in
the colonies and foreign parts where there is no
district grand master, a power of dispensation,
in cases of emergency, for a brother to be ad-
vanced to a higher degree, at an interval of one
week instead of four weeks.
2. The proceedings and decisions of district
grand lodges, and of any committee appointed
by such body, shall in all cases be strictly
governed and controlled by the laws of the
grand lodge, as laid down in the Book of Con-
stitutions.
3, All powers given by the Book of Constitu-
DISTRICT GRAND LODGES. 57
tions to the board of general purposes in cases
of masonic complaint, or irregularity, may be
exercised by district grand lodges, or by such
committee as aforesaid.
4. Complaints against lodges or brethren may
be preferred either to the district grand master,
or to the district grand lodge.
In all cases an appeal lies from the decision of
district grand lodges to the grand lodge of
England.
5. District grand lodges may make rules and
regulations for the management and conduct of
their own proceedings, and of those of any com-
mittee of their own body, and may alter such
rules as they tbink fit ; but no rule or regula-
tion shall be in force until approved by the
M. *W. the grand master of England.
6. District grand lodges may fix stated times
for their meetings, not exceeding four times in
the year ; but the district grand master may
summon and hold a district grand lodge of
emergency whenever, in his judgment, it may be
.necessary. The particular reason for calling
such lodge of emergency shall be expressed in*
the summons, and no other business shall be
entered upon at that meeting.
58 DISTEICT GEAND LODGES.
7. In the event of the death, resignation, re-
moval or suspension of a district grand master,
the district grand lodge shall continue to exer-
cise its functions ; and the deputy district grand
master, if there be one, and if not (or in the
event of his being absent from the district, and
until his return), the district grand officer or
past district grand officer next in rank then in
the district, shall assume and exercise the func-
tions of district grand master until another dis-
trict grand master shall have received his patent
of appointment from the grand master of Eng-
land, and shall have notified the same to the
district grand secretary. The brother exercising
the functions of a district grand master shall
not assume that title ; nor shall he, after having
so acted, be entitled to rank as a past district
grand master, or to wear the masonic clothing
appropriate to that office.
8. District grand lodges may require pay-
ment to their district fund of fees larger than are
allowed in England under the following regula-
tions, viz. : —
That notice in writing of the fees proposed,
and also the day of meeting for the discussion
of the subject, be sent to each lodge in the dis-
trict two months at least prior to the meeting.
That if the proposed payments be agreed to /
DISTRICT GRAND LODGES. 59
by two-thirds at least of the members present,
a day shall be appointed for considering the con-
firmation thereof at a period of not less than
three months from the first meeting, and a copy
of the resolution so agreed to shall be sent forth-
with to each lodge with the summons for the
second meeting.
That any lodge, whose officers may not be able
to attend by reason of their distance from the
place of assembly, be permitted to state its
opinions in writing : provided the same be des-
patched to the district grand secretary within
the period of one month from the date of re-
ceiving the summons for the second meeting.
When the proceedings have been confirmed,
a copy thereof shall be transmitted to the most
worshipful grand master for his approval, to-
gether with copies of any opinions which may
have been received in writing.
Wheu the grand master shall have given his
consent, and not till then, shall the resolutions
be declared valid, and the fees and payments
demanded, which shall in such case be payable
from the time when the proceedings were con-
firmed by the district grand lodge.
9. In order to avoid delay, and for the accom-
modation of lodges in the colonies and foreign
parts for which a district grand master is ap-
60 DISTRICT GRAND LODGES.
pointed, those lodges may make their returns
and payments to the district grand master or
such brother as he may direct, but for the due
remittance of which to the grand lodge the dis-
trict grand master shall be personally respon-
sible ; the district grand master is thereupon
to deliver grand lodge certificates, furnished to
him for the purpose, which certificates are to
be countersigned as specified in the following
paragraph.
10. The grand secretary is to furnish to dis-
trict grand masters, grand lodge certificates
(with the necessary alterations in the form)
signed and sealed, but in other respects left
blank ; the blanks to be filled up by the dis-
trict grand master or by his order, with the
names and dates of the brethren initiated, &c,
by lodges within his province or district, or of
brethren who shall join such lodges, as set forth
in the returns made to him ; which grand lodge
certificates shall have attached to them the seal
of the district grand lodge, and be countersigned
by the district grand master, or his deputy, and
by the district grand secretary.
11. When a return and payment has been
made to a district grand master, or other brother
on his behalf, as provided by section 9, p. 59,
PRIVATE LODGES. 61
the lodge making the same shall forthwith
transmit to the grand secretary in London, a
duplicate of the return, signed by the master
and the secretary or treasurer, specifying the
date when, and the party to whom, the return
and payment has been made, and also specify-
ing for whom the district grand master has
issued certificates. The district grand master
shall immediately, or with all reasonable expe-
dition, forward to the grand secretary the
returns received from the several lodges in his
district, together with the amount payable
thereon, so that the brethren may be duly
registered, and the money placed to the credit
of the respective lodges in the grand treasurer's
accounts.
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Of PRIVATE LODGES.
1 . The officers of a lodge are the master and
his two wardens, with their assistants the two
deacons, inner guard, and tyler. There must
also be a treasurer and a secretary. A chaplain,
a master of the ceremonies, and stewards may be
appointed.
Should a prince of the blood royal honour any
private lodge by accepting the office of master,
he may appoint a deputy master, who shall be
regularly installed, and entitled, when in office,
62 PRIVATE LODGE&
to all the privileges of actual master, and when
out of office, to those of a past master.
2. Every lodge shall annually elect its master
and treasurer by ballot, such master having regu-
larly served as a„ warden of a warranted lodge
for one year, and, at the next meeting after his
election, when the minutes are confirmed, he shall
be duly installed in the chair according to antient
usage, after which he shall appoint his wardens
and other officers, except the treasurer ; the tyler
is to be chosen by the members of the lodge.
Whenever it may happen that the number of
votes shall be equal upon any question to be
decided in a lodge, either by ballot or otherwise,
the master in the chair shall be entitled to give
a second or casting vote, excepting upon a ballot
for a candidate for initiation, or a brother to
join.
N.B. It is very desirable that a brother should
be present when appointed to an office,
3. No brother shall be master of more than one
lodge at the same time, without a dispensation
from the grand master.
4. No master of the tavern or house at which
the lodge meets, shall hold any office in the lodge,
without a dispensation from the grand master or
the provincial grand master.
PRIVATE LODGES. 63
5. Every lodge has the power of framing by-
laws for its government, provided they are not
inconsistent with the regulations of the grand
lodge. The by-laws must be submitted to the
grand master, or the provincial grand master,
and when approved, a fair copy must be sent to
the grand secretary, and, in the case of a country
lodge, also to the provincial grand master ; and
when any material alteration shall be made, such
alteration must, in like manner, be submitted.
No law or alteration will be valid until so sub-
mitted and approved The by-laws of the lodge
shall be fairly written in a book, which shall be
delivered to the master on his installation, when
he shall solemnly pledge himself to observe and
enforce them. Every brother shall sign them
when he becomes a member of the lodge, as a
declaration of his submission to them, and shall
at all reasonable times have access to them, and
be allowed to take copies.
6. A book shall be kept in every lodge, in
which shall be entered the names of its members
and of all persons admitted therein, with the
dates of their proposal, admission, or initiation,
passing and raising ; their ages, titles, professions,
or trades, together with such other transactions
of the lodge as are proper to be written. The mas-
ter is responsible for the observance of this law.
64 PRIVATE LODGES.
7. The place and. regular days of meeting of
the lodge shall be specified in the by-laws, and
no meeting of the lodge shall be held elsewhere,
except a removal be decided upon in conformity
with the laws, or that the continuance of the
meeting of the lodge at its usual place be rendered
impracticable or improper by circumstances spe-
cified under the head " Removal of Lodges"
8. Every lodge, when removed to a new place
of meeting, or whenever the day of assembling
shall be altered, shall immediately send notice
thereof to the grand secretary, and, if a country
lodge, also to the provincial grand master. The
officers of a removed lodge shall not be permitted
to attend the grand lodge or provincial grand
lodge until the removal be properly notified.
9. A lodge of emergency may, at any time, be
called, by the authority of the master, or, in his
absence, of the senior warden, or, in their absence,
of the junior warden, but on no pretence without
such authority. The business to be transacted
at such lodge of emergency shall be expressed in
the summons, recorded on the minutes, and no
other business shall be entered upon.
10. The precedency of lodges is derived from
the number of their constitution, as recorded in
PRIVATE LODGES. 65
the books of the grand lodge. No lodge shall
be acknowledged, nor its officers admitted into
the grand lodge or a provincial grand lodge, nor
any of its members entitled to partake of the
general charity or other masonic privilege, unless
it has been regularly constituted and registered,
11. Any lodge which may not be distinguished
by a name or title, being desirous of taking one,
must, for that purpose, procure the approbation
of the grand master, or provincial grand master,
and the name must be registered with the grand
secretary. No lodge shall be permitted to alter
its name without the like approbation.
12. No lodge can make a mason, or admit a
member, without strictly complying with all the
regulations enacted for the government of the
craft. See " Proposing Members, Making, Pass-
ing, and Raising"
13. Every lodge must receive as a member,
without further proposition or ballot, any bro-
ther initiated therein, provided such brother
express his wish to that effect on the day of his
initiation, to ascertain which the master shall
call his attention to this law, as no lodge should
introduce into masonry a person whom the
brethren might consider unfit to be a member
of their own lodge.
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66 PEIVATE LODGES.
14. Every lodge must be particularly careful
in registering the names of the brethren initiated
therein, and in making the returns of its mem-
bers, as no person is regularly entitled to partake
of the general charity unless his name be duly
To prevent injury to individuals, by being ex-
cluded the privileges of masonry, through neg-
lect in not registering their names, any brother
so circumstanced, ' on producing sufficient proof
that he has paid the full fees to his lodge, includ-
ing the register-fee, shall be capable of enjoying
the privileges of the craft, and the offending
lodge shall be reported to the board of general
purposes, and rigorously proceeded against for
detaining moneys which are the property of the
grand lodge, and which had been paid to the
lodge for specific appropriation.
1 5. All moneys received or paid on account of
the lodge shall be entered in proper books. The
fees or dues received on account of, and payable
to, the grand lodge and provincial grand lodge,
shall be kept separate and distinct from the
moneys belonging to the lodge, and shall be de-
posited in the hands of the master instead of the
treasurer of the lodge, and shall be transmitted
to the grand lodge and provincial grand lodge
at such time as the laws require. The accounts
PRIVATE LODGE& 67
of the lodge shall be audited, at least once in
every year, by a committee to be appointed by
the lodge.
16. Each lodge shall procure for every brother
initiated therein, a grand lodge certificate, to be
paid for by the lodge at the same time with the
fee for registration.
1 7. . No lodge, or officer or member of a lodge
shall, under any circumstances, give a certificate
or recommendation to enable a mason to proceed
from lodge to lodge as a pauper, or in an itine-
rant manner to apply to lodges for relief.
18. No lodge shall form any public masonic
procession without a licence from the grand
master, or the provincial grand master.
19. All lodges are particularly bound to ob-
serve the same usages and customs : every devia-
tion, therefore, ftl the established mode of
working is highly improper, and cannot be justi-
fied or countenanced. In order to preserve this
uniformity, and to cultivate a good understand-
ing among free-masons, some members of every
lodge should be deputed to visit other lodges as
often as may be convenient.
20. If any brother behave in such a manner as
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68 PRIVATE LODGES.
to disturb the harmony of the lodge, he shall be
thrice formally admonished by the master : and,
if he pritfaU. irregular Iduct, he 8 M be
punished by censure, fine, or exclusion, according
to the by-laws of the lodge ; or the case may be
reported to higher masonic authority.
21. No lodge shall exclude* any member with-
out giving him due notice of the complaint made
against him, and of the time appointed for its
consideration. The name of every brother ex-
cluded, with the cause of exclusion, shall be sent
to the grand secretary ; and, if a country lodge,
also to the provincial grand master.
22. The jewels and furniture of every lodge
belong to, and are the property of, the master
and wardens for the time being, in trust for the
members of such lodge ; and the master of the
house wherein the lodge is held shall-have no lien
thereon ; nor shall he be suffered to be the owner
of the jewels or furniture of any lodge, under the
penalty of the forfeiture of the warrant of con-
stitution of such lodge. No jewel shall be worn
in a lodge other than those specified for the
* The term expelled is used only when a brother is removed
from the craft by the grand lodge, or a district grand lodge.
Upon the removal of a brother from a private lodge the
term excluded only is applicable.
PEIVATE LODGES. 69
officers, except such honorary or other jewel, as
shall be consistent with those degrees recognized
■by the grand lodge as part of antient free-
masonry.
23. The warrant and books and papers belong-
ing to the lodge must be produced by the master,
when required by competent authority.
24. The majority of the members of a lodge,
when congregated, have the privilege of giving
instructions to their master, the immediate past
master, and wardens, before the meeting of the
grand lodge ; because such officers are their repre-
sentatives, and are supposed to speak their senti-
ments.
25. Each lodge shall annually make a return
to the grand secretary of the master, wardens,
and past masters of the lodge, and of all members
who claim to be entitled to attend the grand
lodge as past masters having served the office of
master in some other lodge, specifying the lodge
in which each of them has served the office of
master ; and no brother shall be permitted to
attend the grand lodge unless his name shall
appear in such return.
26. Every private lodge shall at least once in
each year transmit direct to the grand secretary
70 PEIVATE LODGES.
a regular list, signed by the master and secretary,
of ^member/and of the brethren imtiateZr
admitted therein since the last return, with the
dates of initiation or joining, and when passed or
raised, the dates of those degrees respectively,
together with the ages, titles, professions, addi-
tions, or trades of such brethren, and the name
and number of the lodge to which a joining
member formerly belonged ; and at the same time
remit all moneys due to the grand lodge : and if
a lodge neglect for one year to make such returns
and payments, or if it do not meet for one year,
it is liable to be erased. The master, immediate
past master, and wardens of a lodge which shall
have neglected for one year to make its returna
and payments, are disqualified from attending
the grand lodge or sitting upon any board or
committee until those returns and payments,
shall have been completed. The master is
responsible for the observance of this law.
27. If a lodge be dissolved, the warrant shall
be delivered up to the grand master, and shall
not be transferred without his consent.
28. Jf the warrant of a lodge be sold, or pro-
cured by any other means than, through the
regular channel of petition to the grand master,
or district grand master, such warrant shall be
forfeited, and the lodge erased.
PRIVATE LODGES. 71
29. Should the majority of any lodge deter-
mine to retire from it, the power of assembling
remains with the rest of the members who adhere
to their allegiance : but if all the members of a
lodge withdraw, the warrant becomes extinct.
30. If any lodge, or its master and wardens, be
summoned to attend, or to produce its warrant,
books, papers, or accounts, to the grand master
or his deputy, or the provincial grand master, or
his deputy, or the board of general purposes, or
any other board or committee authorized by the
grand lodge, and do not comply, or give sufficient
reason for non compliance, a peremptory sum-
mons shall be issued ; and in case of contumacy,
such lodge may be suspended, and the proceed-
ing notified to the grand lodge.
31. A lodge offending against any law or regu-
lation of the craft, to the breach of which no
specific penalty is attached, shall, at the discre-
tion of the grand lodge, or any of its delegated
-authorities, or of a provincial grand master, be
subject to admonition, fine, or suspension.
If fine be the punishment awarded, it shall be,
for the first offence, not less than one pound, nor
more than five pounds ; for a second offence of a
similar nature, within three years, it shall be not
less than two nor more than ten pounds ; and if
72 LONDON AND COUNTKY LODGES.
the lodge shall refuse to pay the fine, or be guilty
of a third offence within three years of the second
offence, the lodge shall be liable to be erased.
All fines shall be applied to the general fund
of charity.
Of LODGES within the LONDON
DISTKICT.
All lodges held within ten miles of Free-
masons' Hall, London, are London lodges, there-
fore are not under the jurisdiction of provincial
grand masters, and are to pay the London dues
and fees.
Of COUNTRY LODGES.
9
All lodges held at a greater distance than ten
miles from Freemasons' Hall,London,are Country
Jodges, and are to observe the following laws and
regulations in addition to those specified under
the head of " Private Lodges,"
1. All country lodges are under the immediate
superintendence of the provincial grand master
of the district, to whom, or to his deputy, they
are to apply in all cases of difficulty or doubt,
and to whom all complaints must be transmitted.
If those officers should neglect to proceed in the
COUNTRY LODGES. 73
business, the application or complaint may be
transmitted to the board of general purposes,
and an appeal in all cases lies to the grand lodge
or grand master.
2. Every country lodge shall make a return
similar to that required to be made to the grand
secretary once in each year, or oftener, if re-
quired, to the provincial grand master, and shall
transmit therewith all money payable to the
provincial grand lodge.
3. The master, wardens, and past masters,
subscribing to any country lodge in the district,
are members of the provincial grand lodge, and
the master and wardens shall attend its meet-
ings when duly summoned.
4. Every country lodge shall have a local
as well as a general rank, so that if any lodge
be removed from one province into another,
although it is to retain the original number in the
grand lodge books, and preserve the same rank
in the united grand lodge, and in all public
meetings out of the-province into which it may
have been removed, yet within such province it
is to rank immediately after the lowest num-
bered lodge previously existing, as well at the
provincial grand lodge as at public ceremonies
74 MILITARY LODGES.
within the province, unless the grand master
pro grand master, or deputy grand master pre-
side. The seniority of country lodges in their
particular district is to be determined by the
date of their registry in the books of the pro-
vincial grand lodge.
5. No country lodge shall be removed out of
its province, nor from place to place within the
same province, without the consent of the pro-
vincial grand master, nor if the M.W. grand mas-
ter shall deem such removal inexpedient ; and
no lodge shall be moved into another province
without the consent of the provincial grand
master for that province, and also of the grand
master.
6. Country lodges in places for which no pro-
vincial grand master is appointed, nor any brother
empowered to perform his functions, must, in
every case, make their communications and
complaints direct to the grand secretary in
London.
Of MILITARY LODGES.
It being essential to the interest of the craft,
that all military lodges should be strictly con-
fined to the purposes for which their warrants
were originally obtained ; and very great abuses
having arisen from the improper initiation of
MILITARY LODGES. 75
masons by such lodges, every warrant, therefore,
which is held by a military lodge shall be for-
feited unless the following laws be complied with,
in addition to those specified under the head of
* Private Lodges."
1. No warrant shall be granted for the estab-
lishment of a military lodge without the consent
of the commanding officer of the regiment, bat- '
talion, or company to which it is to be attached.
2. No military lodge shall, on any pretence,
initiate into masonry any inhabitant or sojourner
in any town or place at which its members may be
stationed, or through which they may be march-
ing, nor any person who does not at the time
belong to the military profession, nor any military
person below the rank of a corporal, except as
serving brethren, or by dispensation from the
grand master, or provincial grand master.
3. When any military lodge, under the con-
stitution of England, shall be out of England,
it shall conduct itself so as not to give offence to
the masonic authorities of the countiy or place
in which it may sojourn, never losing sight of
the duties it owes to the grand lodge of England,
to which communication is ever to be made, and
all fees and dues regularly transmitted.
76 MASTERS AND WARDENS,
4 If the military body, to which a lodge is
attached, be disbanded or reduced, the brethren
shall carefully transmit the warrant to the grand
secretary; but if a competent number of the
brethren remain together, they may apply for
another warrant of the same number, to be
holden as a civil lodge, at such place as may be
convenient and approved of by the grand master.
Such warrant to be granted without any addi-
tional expense.'
Of the MASTERS and WARDENS of
LODGES.
1. All preferment among masons should be
grounded upon real worth and personal merit,
therefore no brother shall be elected master of a
lodge, or appointed to any office therein, merely
on account of seniority of rank. Previously to
the installation of the master, the mhiutes of the
preceding meeting of the lodge must be read and
confirmed, so far at least as to the election of the
master, after which the usual ceremonies of in-
stallation are to be performed, and no master
elect shall assume the master's chair until he
shall have been regularly installed, though he
may in the interim rule the lodge. Should the
minutes of the election of master not be con-
firmed, then a summons must be issued for the
MASTERS AND WARDENS. 77
following regular meeting of the lodge, setting
forth that the brethren were again to proceed
to elect a master, and on the confirmation of
the minutes of that election at the following
regular meeting of the lodge, the installation of
the master will follow.
2. Every master elect, before being placed in
the chair, shall solemnly pledge himself to pre-
serve the landmarks of the order, to observe its
antient usages and established . customs, and
strictly to enforce them within his own lodge.
3. No brother shall continue master for more
than two years in succession, unless by a dispen-
sation, which may be granted by the grand
master, or the provincial grand master, in cases
of real necessity ; but he may be again elected
after he has been out of that office one year.
This regulation shall not extend to a prince of
the blood royal appointing a deputy, but it
shall to the deputy.
4. The master and wardens of a lodge are
enjoined to visit other lodges as often as they
conveniently can, in order that the same usages
and customs may be observed throughout the
craft, and a good understanding cultivated
amongst free-masons.
78 MASTERS AND WARDENS.
5. The master is responsible for the due ob^.
servance of the laws relating to private lodges,
and is bound to produce all books, minutes, and
accounts when required by lawful authority.
6. If the master shall die, be removed, or be
incapable of discharging the duties of his office,
the senior warden, and in the absence of the
senior warden, the junior warden, and in the
absence of both wardens then the immediate
past master, or in his absence the senior past
master, shall act as master in summoning the
lodge, until the next election of officers. In
the master's absence, the immediate past master,
or, if he be absent, the senior past master of the
lodge present shall take the chair. And if no
past master of the lodge be present, then the
senior warden, or in his absence the junior
warden, shall rule the lodge.
7. The master and wardens of every lodge in
the London district shall, within one month
after appointment in each year, respectively sign
their names in a book, at the office of the grand
secretary.
8. The master and wardens of every lodge
shall attend the grand master or his deputy, or
the provincial grand master or his deputy, or
MEMBERS. 79
any board or committee authorized by the grand
lodge ; and produce the warrant, minutes, and
books of the lodge, when summoned so to do,
under pain of suspension, and being reported to
the next grand lodge.
9. The wardens and officers of a lodge cannot
be removed, unless for a cause which appears to
the lodge to be sufficient ; but the master, if he
be dissatisfied with the conduct of any of his
officers, may lay the cause of complaint before
the lodge ; and if it shall appear to the majority
of the brethren present* that the complaint be
well founded, he shall have power to displace
such officer, and appoint another.
Of MEMBERS and their DUTY.
1. No brother shall be admitted a member of
a lodge, unless the laws of the craft relating to
the proposing and admitting of candidates shall
have been strictly complied with. (See pro-
posing members, page 82.)
2. A brother who has been concerned in
making masons clandestinely, or at a lodge which
is not a regular lodge, or for small and unworthy
considerations, or who may assist in forming a
new lodge without the grand master's authority,
80 MEMBERS.
shall hot be admitted as a member, nor even as
a visitor, into any regular lodge, nor partake of
the general charity or other masonic privilege,
till he make due submission, and obtain grace.
3. N6 brother shall presume to print or pub-
lish, or cause to be printed and published, the
proceedings of any lodge, or any part thereof, or
the names of the persons present at such lodge,
without the consent of the grand master, or pro-
vincial grand master, under pain of being sus-
pended or expelled from the order.
This law is not to extend to the writing,
printing, or publishing of any notice or sum-
mons, issued to the members of a lodge, by the
authority of the master, or the proceedings of any
festival or public meeting at which persons not
masons are permitted to be present.
4. The majority of the members present at any
lodge duly summoned have an undoubted right
to regulate their own proceedings, provided that
they are consistent with the general laws and
regulations of the craft ; no member, thef efore,
shall be permitted to enter in the minute-book
of his lodge a protest against any resolution or
proceeding which may have taken place, unless
it shall appear to him to be contrary to the laws
and usages of the craft, and for the purpose of
MEMBERS. 81
complaining or appealing to a higher masonic
authority.
5. If any member shall be excluded from his
lodge, or shall withdraw himself from it, without
having complied with its by-laws, or with the
general regulations of the craft, he shall not be
eligible to any other lodge, until that lodge shall
have been made acquainted with his former neg-
lect, so that the brethren may be enabled to
exercise their discretion as to his admission.
Whenever a member of any lodge shall resign,
or shall be excluded, or whenever, at a future
time, he may require it, he shall be furnished
with a certificate stating the circumstances under
which he left the lodge ; and such certificate is
to be produced to any other lodge of which he
is proposed to be admitted a member, previous
to the ballot being taken.
6. All differences between, or complaints of
members that cannot be accommodated privately
or in a regular lodge, shall be reduced into writing
and delivered to the grand secretary, who shall
lay the same before the grand master or the board
of general purposes, or other board or committee
appointed by the grand lodge, or in the country
to the provincial grand master, if there be one.
■When all parties shall have been summoned to
G
82 PROPOSING MEMBERS.
&
ttend thereon, and the case investigated, such
order and adjudication shall be made as is autho-
rized by the laws and regulations of masonry.
7. A mason offending against any law or re-
gulation of the craft, to the breach of which no
specific penalty is attached, shall, at the discre-
tion of the grand lodge, or any of its delegated
authorities, or of a provincial grand master, be
subject to admonition, fine, or suspension.
If fine be the punishment awarded, it shall be,
for theiirst offence, not less than one pound nor
more than five pounds ; for a second oflence of a
similar nature, within three years, it shall be not
less than two nor more than ten pounds ; and if
the brother shall refuse to pay the fine, or be
guilty of a third offence within three years of
r
the second offence, he shall be liable to expul-
sion from the craft.
All fines shall be applied to the general fond
of charity.
Of PEOPOSING MEMBERS.
MAKING, PASSING, AND RAISING.
Great discredit and injury having been
brought upon our antient and honourable fra-
ternity from admitting members and receiving
PKOPOSING MEMBERS. 83
candidates, without due notice being given, or
inquiry made into their characters, and qualifi-
cations ; and from passing and raising masons
"without due instruction in the respective de-
grees, it is declared that a violation or neglect
of any of the following laws shall subject the
lodge offending to erasure, and no emergency
can be allowed as a justification.*
1. No brother shall be admitted a member of a
lodge without a regular proposition in open lodge,
nor until his name, occupation, and place of abode,
as well as the name and number of the lodge of
which he is or was last a member, or in which he
was initiated, shall have been sent to all the mem-
bers in the summons for the next regular lodge
meeting ; at which meeting the brother's grand
lodge certificate, and also the certificate of his
former lodge are to be produced, and the decision
of the brethren ascertained by ballot. When a
lodge has ceased to meet, any former member
thereof shall be eligible to be proposed and ad-
mitted a member of another lodge, on producing
a certificate from the grand secretary, stating the
fact, and specifying whether the brother has been
registered and his quarterage duly paid.
2, No person shall be made a mason without
* A dispensation cannot be granted except is cases specially
provided for.
G 2
84 PROPOSING MEMBERS.
a regular proposition at one lodge, and a ballot
at the next regular lodge ; which shall not take
place unless his name, addition or profession,
and, place of abode, shall have been sent to all
the members in the summons.
In cases of emergency, the following alteration
is allowed. Any two members of a lodge may
transmit in writing to the master the name, &c,
of any candidate whom they may wish to propose,
and the circumstances which cause the emer-
gency; and the master, if it be proper, shall
notify the same to every member of his lodge ;
either in the summons for the next regular meet-
ing, or in a summons for a lodge of emergency,
to meet at a period of not less than seven days
from the issuing of the summons for the purpose
of balloting for the candidate ; and if the candi-
date be then approved, he may be initiated into
the first degree. The master shall, previous to
the ballot being taken, cause the proposition,
and emergency, to be recorded in the minute-
book of the lodge.
3. No man shall be made a mason in any
lodge under the age of twenty-one years, unless
by dispensation from the grand master, or pro-
vincial grand master. Every candidate must be
a free man, his own master, and, at the time of
initiation, in reputable circumstances. Previous
PEOPOSING MEMBERS. 85
to his initiation, he must subscribe his name at
full length, to a declaration of the following
import,* viz. : —
To the worshipful master, wardens, officers,
and members of the lodge of
No.
I, being a free man, and of the full
age of twenty-one years, do declare that, un-
biassed by the improper solicitation of friends,
and uninfluenced by mercenary or other unworthy
motive, I freely and voluntarily offer myself a
candidate for the mysteries of masonry ; that I
am prompted by a favourable opinion conceived
of the institution, and a desire of knowledge ;
and that I will cheerfully conform to all the
antient usages and established customs of the
order. Witness my hand, this
of
Witness
4. No person can be made a mason in, or ad-
mitted a member of a lodge, if, on the ballot,
three black balls appear against him : but the
by-laws of a lodge may enact that one or two
black balls shall exclude a candidate.
5. Every candidate shall, on his initiation,
* Any individual who cannot write is consequently ineli-
gible to he admitted into the order.
86 PKOPOSING MEMBERS.
solemnly promise to submit to the constitutions,
and to conform to all the usages and regulations
of the craft.
6. No lodge shall on any pretence initiate
into masonry more than five persons on the
same day, unless by a dispensation, which shall
specify the total number to be initiated.
7. No lodge shall confer more than one degree
on any brother on the same day, nor shall a
higher degree be conferred on any brother at a
less interval than four weeks from his receiving
a previous degree (except as provided at p. 56,
sec. 1, par. 2), nor until he has passed an ex-
amination in open lodge in that degree.
8. No other .lodge shall initiate any non-com-
missioned officer or corporal belonging to a regi-
ment or battalion to which a military lodge is
attached, nor shall any lodge initiate any military
person below the rank of a corporal, except as
a serving brother, or by dispensation from the
grand master, or provincial grand master.
9. No person shall be made a mason for less
than three guineas, exclusive of the registering
fee, nor shall a lodge on any pretence remit or
defer the payment of any part of this sum. The
PEOPOSING MEMBERS. 87
•
member who proposes a candidate must be re-
sponsible to the lodge for all the fees payable on
account of the initiation.
• This is not to extend to the making of serving
brethren, who may be initiated by the lodge
which they are to serve, provided that no fee or
reward be taken, and that a dispensation from
the grand master or provincial grand master be
first obtained, which shall be specified in the
return made to the grand secretary : but a bro-
ther so initiated cannot be a member of the lodge
in which he was initiated, though eligible to
become a subscribing member of any other lodge ;
and, upon being registered a joining member
of such other lodge, and paying his contributions
in like manner with other members, he is entitled
to all the privileges and benefits of the craft.
If, however, there be no other lodge in the
vicinity of his dwelling of which he can become
a member, he may be permitted to pay through
the lodge in which he was initiated the quarterly
dues to the fund of benevolence ; and after having
served the lodge and paid such dues for four
years at least, may be considered eligible to be
relieved in case of distress, and entitled to the
other privileges of the craft in the same manner
as if he had been a regular subscribing member.
{Seepage 99, Art. 5.)
88 LODGES OF INSTRUCTION.
Of LODGES of INSTRUCTION.
1. No general lodge of instruction shall be
holden unless under the sanction of a regular
warranted lodge, or by the special licence and
authority of the grand master. The lodge giving
its sanction, and the brethren to whom such
licence is granted, shall be answerable for the
proceedings, and responsible that the mode of
working adopted has received the sanction of
the grand lodge.
Notice of the times and places of meeting of
lodges of instruction, within the London district,
shall be given to the grand secretary.
2. Lodges of instruction shall keep minutes
of all brethren present at each meeting and of
brethren appointed to hold office, and such
minutes shall be produced when called for by
the grand master, the board of general purposes,
or the lodge granting the sanction.
3. If a lodge which has given its sanction for
a lodge of instruction being held under its war-
rant shall see fit, it may at any regular meeting
withdraw that sanction by a resolution of the
lodge, to be communicated to the lodge of in-
struction ; provided notice of the intention to
VISITOES AND CERTIFICATES. 89
withdraw the sanction be inserted in the sum-
mons for that meeting.
Of VISITOES.
1. No visitor shall be admitted into a lodge
unless he be personally known, recommended, or
well vouched for, after due examination by one
of the present brethren ; and during his con-
tinuance in the lodge he must be subject to the
by-laws of the lodge. The master of the lodge
is bound to enforce these regulations.
2. It is within the power of the master, war-
dens, and brethren of every private lodge to
refuse admission to any visitor of known bad
character.
3. A brother, who is not a subscribing member
to a lodge, shall not be permitted to visit any
lodge in the town or place where he resides more
than once during his secession from the craft.
0/CEKTIFICA.TES.
1. Every brother shall be entitled to a grand
lodge certificate, immediately upon his being-
registered in the books of the grand lodge, for
which certificate the lodge shall pay the dues
90 CERTIFICATES.
specified at p. 11 7, Art. 7. Each lodge, therefore,
when it makes a return of the masons whom it has
initiated, or admitted to join from lodges under
other constitutions, shall, in addition to the re-
gister fees, make a remittance for the certificates,
which may either be taken out of the initiation
or joining fee, or charged separately to the
brothers for whom the certificates are obtained,
at the discretion of the lodge.
2. Every brother to whom a grand lodge
certificate is granted must sign hia name in the
margin thereof, or it will not be valid.
3. No brother shall obtain a grand lodge cer-
tificate if he shall have been admitted to more
than one degree of masonry on the same day, or
at a shorter interval than four weeks from his
receiving a previous degree, except as provided
at p. 56, sec. 1.
4. Every document upon which a grand lodge
certificate is to be issued, must specify the date
of initiation, and the days on which the brother
was advanced to the second or third degrees, as
the case may be.
5. All applications for grand lodge certificates
must be made to the grand secretary, except in
CERTIFICATES. 91
the British colonies and settlements, or foreign
districts, for which a provincial grand master is
appointed, and to whom grand lodge certificates
may be forwarded as mentioned at pages 59 and
60. If the name of the brother wishing for the
certificate has not previously been registered, the
money payable on registration must be trans-
mitted at the same time ; as no certificate can,
on any account, be issued until such money has
been paid.
6. A brother, who shall have obtained a grand
lodge certificate of the first or second degree,
will, after he has been advanced to a superior
degree, be entitled to exchange such certificate
for one of the superior degree without additional
expense.
7. No lodge shall grant a private lodge certi-
ficate to a brother, except for the purpose of ena-
bling him to obtain a grand lodge certificate (in
which case it shall be specially addressed to the
grand secretary) ; and except all such certificates
as may be required by the laws of the grand
lodge (see art. 5, p. 81, and art. 1, p. 83), or
called for by any of its boards or committees.
No lodge shall, under any pretence, make a charge
for a certificate.
92 REMOVAL OF LODGES.
Of REMOVAL of LODGES.
Any lodge may be removed from one house
to another, within the same town or place, at the
discretion of its members ; but, in order to pre-
vent disputes, and to ascertain how this power
is to be exercised, the following regulations
must be strictly complied with.
1. No lodge shall be removed without the
master's knowledge, nor shall any motion for re-
moval be made in his absence ; but, if the motion
be regularly made and seconded, the master shall
order summonses to be sent to every member,
specifying the business and appointing a day for
hearing and deciding the question ; such day to
be at least one week after the issuing of the
summonses. The majority present shall deter-
mine the question, provided the master be one of
that majority ; but, if he be against removing,
the lodge shall not be removed, unless the ma-
jority consist of two-thirds of the members
present.
If the master should refuse to issue the sum-
monses, either of the wardens may do so, and
if the master neglect to attend, the senior or
junior warden may preside in determining the
question.
PUBLIC PROCESSIONS. 93
2. If the meeting of a lodge at its usual place
should, by any circumstance, be rendered im-
practicable or improper, the master may appoint
any other place for a meeting, to consult his
brethren on the occasion, and whether a perma-
nent removal may be expedient.
3. When a lodge shall have resolved to re-
move, or to alter the day of meeting, the master
or a warden shall forthwith send a copy of the
minutes of the lodge for such alteration to the
grand secretary, and also to the provincial grand
master or his deputy, that it may be ascertained
whether the above laws have been strictly com-
plied with, and that the alteration may be duly
recorded.
4. No lodge can be removed from one town
or place to another, nor the warrant transferred,
without the consent of the grand master, or of
the provincial grand master with the concur-
rence of the grand master. But in the colonies
and foreign parts the concurrence of the grand
master is not required for the removal of a lodge
from one place to another within the same
district.
Of PUBLIC PROCESSIONS.
1. No masonic funeral or other public pro-
94 TYLERS.
cession shall, on any pretence, be allowed, with-
out the licence of the grand master, or pro-
vincial grand maater.
2. If any brother shall attend as a mason,
clothed in any of the jewels or badges of the
craft, at any funeral or public procession, with-
out the permission of the grand master, or pro-
vincial grand master, he shall be rendered inca-
pable of ever being an officer of a lodge, and
excluded the benefit of the general charity.
And if a lodge shall so offend, it shall stand
suspended until the grand lodge shall determine
thereon.
Of TYLERS.
1. The tylers are to be chosen by the mem-
bers of the lodge, and may at any time be re-
moved, for cause (feemed sufficient by a majority
of the brethren present, at a regular meeting of
the lodge.
2. If any tyler, without the licence of the
grand master or his deputy, shall attend at any
masonic funeral or public procession, or at any
meeting or pretended lodge of masons, not being
regularly constituted and not acknowledging the
authority of the grand master, or not conform-
ing to the laws of the grand lodge, he shall be
APPEAL. 95
incapable of ever after being a tyler, or atten-
dant on a lodge, and shall be excluded the
benefit of the general charity.
Of APPEAL.
The grand lodge possesses the supreme su-
perintending authority, and the power of finally
deciding on every case which concerns the inte-
rest of the craft. Any lodge or brother, there-
fore, who feels aggrieved by the decision of any
other masonic authority or jurisdiction, may ap-
peal to the next practicable grand lodge against
such decision. The appeal must be made in
writing, specifying the particular grievance com-
plained of, and be transmitted, together with all
documentary evidence, to the grand secretary
twenty-one days at least before the next quarterly
communication of grand lodge, accompanied by
a certificate that notices and copies of the appeal
have been sent by the appellant to the party
against whose decision the appeal is made, and
also to the opposite party ; and upon receipt of
the appeal and certificates by the grand secretary,
he shall forthwith give notice thereof to the
party whose decision is thereby called in ques-
tion ; and on the hearing of the appeal the proof
of the service of the notices and copies of appeal
shall be upon the appellant unless admitted by
96 FUND OF BENEVOLENCE.
r
the parties, and such service shall be considered
valid if sent by the ordinary post.
At the hearing of the appeal no fresh evidence
shall be adduced by either party.
No appeal can be received unless couched in
proper and respectful language.
Of the FUND of BENEVOLENCE.
1. The fund appropriated to the object of
benevolence shall be solely devoted to charity.
2. Every member of each lodge within the
London district shall pay towards the fund of
benevolence one shilling per quarter, or four
shillings per annum, and every member of each
country and military lodge, sixpence per quarter,
or two shillings per annum.
3. The distribution and application of this
fund shall take place on the last Wednesday but
one of every month, by a lodge of benevolence,
which shall consist of a president or master, to
be appointed by the grand master, at the grand
lodge in December, and of all the present and
past grand officers, and all actual masters of
lodges, and twelve past masters of lodges to be
nominated at the board of masters annually in
November, and to be elected by the grand lodge
FUND OF BENEVOLENCE. 97
in December, in the same manner as the elected
members of the board of general purposes ; but
no past master shall be eligible to be re-elected
who shall have neglected to attend the lodge of
benevolence at six meetings. If the actual
master of the year of any lodge cannot attend,
the immediate past master may supply his
place ; should that brother be unable to attend,
some other past master of such lodge may act
for him; but in every case the past master
must be a subscribing member of the lodge.
The brother presiding shall be bound strictly to
enforce all the regulations of the craft respect-
ing" the distribution of this fund, and shall be
satisfied, before any petition be read, that all
the required formalities have been complied
•with.
At the board of masters next preceding the
grand lodge in December, brethren shall be
nominated for election to the offices of senior
w
and junior vice-presidents of the lodge of
benevolence, and the names so nominated shall
be submitted to grand lodge in December, who
Bhall elect a senior vice-president and a junior
vice-president, out of the names respectively
submitted for those offices, in the same manner
as in the case of elected members of the board
of general purposes. The vice-presidents so
elected shall act as wardens of the lodge of
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benevolence during the ensuing year. In the
absence of the president, the senior vice-
president, and in the absence of both, the junior
vice-president shall take the chair; should all
three be absent, the brother present who is
highest in rank and seniority shall preside ; and
if either of the vice-presidents shall be absent,
or be in the chair, his place shall be filled in
like manner. No brother shall be re-elected
as a vice-president who shall have failed to
attend the lodge of benevolence at six meet-
ings during the twelve months immediately
preceding.
The members shall not be subject to canvass
or previous solicitation, but shall have their
minds free from prejudice, to decide on the
merits of each case with the impartiality and
purity of masonic feeling. If it shall appear
that this rule has been wilfully transgressed,
the consideration of the case of the brother on
whose behalf the canvass or solicitation has
been made, shall be deferred for the space of
three months; and no member shall at any
time vote upon the petition of any person, for
whom he may have been canvassed, or to whom
he is related, or who is a member of the lodge to
which he himself belongs ; though such member
may be heard on the merits of the petition, and
must then withdraw. If any master of a lodge
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shall canvass or otherwise solicit on behalf of a
petitioner, he shall be rendered v incapable of
attending as a member of the lodge of benevo-
lence for twelve months.
4. No master shall act as a member of the
lodge of benevolence if his lodge have neglected
to make its returns and pay its contributions to
the funds of the grand lodge during the pre-
ceding twelve months.
5. No mason registered under the constitu-
tion of the grand lodge of England shall receive
the benefit of this fund unless he have paid the
full consideration fee, have been registered in
the books of the grand lodge, have continued a
subscribing member to a contributing lodge for
at least two years, and during that period, paid
his quarterly dues to the fund of benevolence.
The limitation of two years, however, does not
apply to the cases of shipwreck, capture at sea,
loss by fire, or breaking or dislocating a limb,
fully attested and proved.
Secretaries, who are by their lodges exempted
from the payment of subscription, shall not
thereby be disqualified from obtaining assistance
from the fund of benevolence, but shall be con-
sidered as subscribing members of their lodges,
their services being equivalent to subscription ;
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100 FUND OF BENEVOLENCE.
provided their dues to the grand lodge have
been duly paid.
A serving brother, who, under the provisions
of Art. 9, p. 8 ft, of the constitutions, under the
head " proposing members," has paid, through the
lodge in which he was initiated, the quarterly-
dues to the fund of benevolence for four years
at least, may be considered eligible to be relieved
in case of distress, in the same manner as if he
had been a regular subscribing member.
6. If it shall be proved that any petitioning
brother has paid to his lodge the full fees,
including the register fee, and also two years'
quarterage, but that the lodge has neglected
to register such brother or transmit the dues
to the grand lodge, the lodge of benevo-
lence may relieve the brother, and refer the
case to the board of general purposes, that the
lodge may be rigorously proceeded against for
withholding moneys the property of the grand
lodge.
7. The lodge of benevolence may also grant
relief to the indigent widow, or child, of a
deceased mason who would himself have been
qualified to receive assistance ; or of a brother
who shall have died within two years from the
period of his initiation, or of his having joined
FUND OF BENEVOLENCE. 101
an English lodge from a foreign lodge, and who
shall have continued a subscribing member to
the time of his decease ; provided the marriage
certificate and other proper certificates and
testimonials be produced, -
When application for relief is made on behalf
of children only, such application must be made
within two years of the death of the father.
8. Brethren under the constitution of the
grand lodges of Scotland and Ireland, as well as
of foreign grand lodges, and members of colonial
lodges, may be relieved on the production of
certificates from their respective grand lodges,
or other sufficient certificates and testimonials
to the satisfaction of the lodge of benevolence,
and. proof of identity and distress, and of having
paid at least two years' subscription to a regular
lodge, it being understood that in the case of
foreign brethren, such relief, if exceeding three
pounds, except in case of sickness, is intended
to assist them to return to their native land.
9. Applications for relief must be by petition,
stating the name, occupation, place of abode,
and present circumstances of the petitioner ; the
name and number of the lodge in which, and
the time when he (or the husband or father, in
the case of the petition of a widow, child, or
children) was initiated, and the other lodges if
102 FUND OF BENEVOLENCE.
any, which he afterwards joined The applicant,
unless disabled by disease or accident, must
sign the petition.
1 0. To every petition must be added a recom-
mendation, signed in open lodge, by the master,
wardens, and a majority of the members then
present, to which the petitioner (or the husband
or father, in the case of the petition of a widow,
child, or children) does or did belong, or from some
other contributing lodge, certifying (see the form
at the end) that they have known him to have
been in reputable, or at least tolerable circum-
stances, and that he has been not less than two
years an actual contributing member paying
the stipulated subscription to the funds of a
regular lodge, as well as quarterage to the fund
of benevolence, with such other observations as
they may think proper; or in the case of brethren
under the constitution of the grand lodges of
Scotland or Ireland, or of foreign lodges, and
the members of colonial lodges, a recommenda-
tion signed by a brother registered under the
constitution of the *grand lodge of England.
A visit shall be paid to every applicant by
the master or some member of the lodge, or
some other brother, who shall certify in writing
. the result of his inquiries : and in addition, in
all town cases, the brother giving the certificate,
FUND OF BENEVOLENCE. 103
or some other brother who has visited the case,
shall attend the lodge of benevolence on» the
consideration of the petition,
11. Before the petition of the widow or chil-
dren shall be taken into consideration, the grand
lodge or other masonic certificate of the deceased
brother shall be deposited with the grand secre-
tary, unless it shall be satisfactorily proved that
it has been lost.
12. No petition for relief shall be presented
to the lodge of benevolence, unless it has been
left with the grand secretary three days at least
previously to their meeting.
13. No petition shall be read unless the
petitioner attend the lodge of benevolence in
person ; except in the case of widows and chil-
dren, and of sickness, lameness, imprisonment,
or residence in the country beyond the London
district.
1 4. A brother, who has been relieved, cannot
petition a second time within one year. A
widow, who has been relieved, cannot petition
again.
15. The lodge of benevolence may order the
104 FUND OF BENEVOLENCE
payment of any sum not exceeding the follow-
ing, that is to say),
Twenty pounds towards the relief of a
distressed brother.
Ten pounds towards the relief of a
widow or child; should there be a
child, or children totally dependent on
the widow, or more than one orphan,
the grant may be extended to any
sum not exceeding twenty pounds.
16. When cases of extraordinary distress
occur, and the sum of twenty pounds does not
appear sufficient to afford adequate relief, the
lodge of benevolence may recommend such
cases to the grand master, who may grant any
sum not exceeding forty pounds. Whenever
any vote for a sum of money not exceeding
fifty pounds shall be carried in grand lodge,
pursuant to a recommendation from the lodge of
benevolence, the same shall be paid forthwith ; but
should the vote exceed fifty pounds, it shall not
be valid until confirmed at the next grand lodge.
Any vote or recommendation for a sum ex-
ceedingten pounds shall not be effectual until con-
firmed at the next or a subsequent meeting of the
lodge of benevolence, except in cases of recom-
mendation to grand lodge ; but the lodge may
at once pay any sum not exceeding ten pounds
FUND OF BENEVOLENCE. 105
on account of any vote or recommendation of
the lodge exceeding that sum. The lodge, in-
stead of confirming the grant or recommenda-
tion may reduce it to any sum not less than that
which has been paid on account, and the resolu-
tion of reduction shall not require confirmation.
The lodge of benevolence may grant relief to
the extent of two pounds to any distressed
mason who has presented his petition in due
time, although the conditions and forms above
contained have not been complied with.
17. These laws and regulations shall be read
by the grand secretary in the months of January,
April, July, and October, previous to the lodge
entering on business; and the master in the
chair shall not, on any pretence whatever, allow
any part of them to be dispensed with or
infringed.
To prevent mistakes in the recommendation
ofpeiitions, the following form is proposed, which
may be altered as circumstances require.
We, the undersigned, being the master,
wardens, and majority of the members present,
in open lodge assembled, of lodge No. called
and held at
this day of
18 do hereby certify, that
the within-named petitioner hath been a regular
106 FUND OF BENEVOLENCE.
contributing member, paying the stipulated
subscription to this lodge, for the space of
years, and that we have known him in reputable
circumstances, and do therefore recommend him
to the lodge of benevolence for relief, having
satisfactory grounds for believing the allegations
set forth in his petition to be true.
Certificate to be sent with every application for
relief from the Lodge of Benevolence.
The master or visiting brother of any lodge
recommending a case for relief at the lodge
of benevolence shall, to the best of his in-
formation and belief, certify in writing, under
his signature, to the actual condition of the
applicant, his age, profession or calling, means
of subsistence, what aid he receives from his
family, his future prospects, the position he
has held in the craft, and any matter that may
guide the lodge of benevolence in adjusting the
distribution of relief from its funds. The appli-
cation of widows or children to be accompanied
with a like certificate so far as practicable, with
the probable disposal of the funds if relieved.
Masters of lodges or visiting brethren are
earnestly requested to forward the fullest par-
ticulars of each case, to enable the lodge of
benevolence to relieve the applicants to the
utmost extent of its means.
BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES. 107
Of the BOARD of GENERAL PURPOSES.
The board shall consist of the grand master,
pro grand master, deputy grand master, and the
grand wardens of the year, a president, and
twenty-four other members. The president and
ten of such other members shall be annually
nominated by the grand master, at the quarterly
grand lodge in June ; and the grand lodge shall,
on the same day, elect the remaining fourteen
members from among the actual masters and
past masters of lodges. Not more than seven
past masters are to be so elected, nor can a mas-
ter and past master or more than one past master
of the same lodge be elected on the same board ;
but this shall not disqualify any past master
being a ascribing member and master of
another lodge, from being elected for and repre-
senting such other lodge as master; one-third
of the members, at least, must go out of office
annually. The board shall elect one of its mem-
bers to be vice-president.
2. The masters and past masters are to be
elected by ballot, and for that purpose the names
of the several brethren intended to be put in
nomination are to be delivered in writing at the
general committee preceding the grand lodge in
June, in order that all the names so proposed
may be printed in a list, a copy of which shall
108 BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES.
be delivered to each member of the grand lodge.
The balloting lists having been delivered to the
members of the grand lodge, are to be collected
by scrutineers to be appointed for that purpose,
and are not to be signed.
3. Four scrutineer's are to be elected at the
general committee previous to the grand lodge
in June, and four other scrutineers are to be
nominated by the grand master or presiding
officer at that grand lodge. These eight scru-
tineers are to collect the lists from the brethren
to whom they have been delivered, and shall
solemnly pledge themselves to make a correct
report under their hands of the result of the
ballot. They shall then retire, and having
ascertained the numbers for the respective
candidates, shall present the report in grand
lodge. But if their report be not ready by
the time the grand lodge is about to be closed,
the grand master or the presiding officer shall,
after closing the grand lodge, receive the report
in his private room, and in such case a copy
thereof, verified by the grand secretary, shall be
immediately posted up in the grand secretary's
office, and remain during one week for the infor-
mation of the craft.
4. If the president, vice-president, or any other
member of the board die or be removed, the
BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES. 109
vacancy shall be filled up. If one appointed by
the grand master, then by the grand master ;
and if one elected by the grand lodge, then by
the grand lodge at the next quarterly communi-
cation. In cases where an election is to take
place in grand lodge, notice thereof shall be
given in the general committee, and the names
of candidates intended to be proposed to fill such
vacancies must then be given.
5. Should the president and vice-president be
absent, the brother highest in rank and seniority
shall preside.
6. The board shall meet on the third Tuesday
in every month, at three o'clock precisely. It
may also be convened at other times by command
of the grand master, or by the authority of the
president.
7. Five members shall constitute a board and
proceed to business, except in the decision of
masonic complaints, for which purpose at least
seven members must be present. All questions
shall be decided by a majority of votes ; the
presiding officer, in case of equality, having a
second vote.
8. The board has authority to hear and deter-
mine all subjects of masonic complaint or irre-
110 BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES.
gularity respecting lodges or individual masons,
when regularly brought before it, and generally
to take cognizance of all matters relating to the
craft. It may proceed to admonition, fine, or sus-
pension, according to the laws ; and its decision
shall be final, unless an appeal be made to the
grand lodge. But should any case be of so
flagrant a nature as to require the erasure of a
lodge or the expulsion of a brother, the board
shall make a special report thereon to the grand
lodge.
9. The board shall have full power to inspect
all books and papers relating to the accounts of
the grand lodge, and to give orders for the cor-
rect arrangement of them ; and to summon the
grand treasurer, grand registrar, grand secretary,
or other brother, having possession of any books,
papers, documents, or accounts belonging to the
grand lodge, and to give such directions as may
be necessary.
10. The board shall have charge of the
finances of the grand lodge, examine all demands
upon it, and, when found correct, shall order the
grand treasurer to discharge them.
11. At the board next following the close of
each quarter, the account of receipts and dis-
bursements for the last quarter shall be balanced*
BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES. Ill
This account, together with a list x>f the contri-
butions, shall be printed and transmitted to each
lodge with the report of the proceedings of the
next qnarterly communication.
12. At the meeting in January in each year,
the board shall investigate the accounts of the
grand lodge for the last year, and prepare them
for the auditor; and shall, at the quarterly
communication in March, state the amount of
receipts and expenditure under their respective
heads, together with the amount of the property
belonging to the grand lodge in the public funds
or elsewhere ; and do all such matters as may
be necessary to give the grand lodge full infor-
mation respecting the receipt and application of
its funds. An abstract of this report shall be
transmitted to every lodge, as directed by the
preceding article.
13. The board may appoint sub-committees
from among its members, for specific purposes,
who must report to the board.
14. The board may summon any lodge or
brother to attend them, and to produce the war-
rant, books, papers, and accounts of the lodge,
or the certificate of the brother. If such lodge
or brother do not comply or give sufficient reasons
112 BOAED OF GENERAL PURPOSES.
for non-compliance, a peremptory summons shall
issue ; and, in case of contumacy, the lodge or
brother shall be suspended, and the proceeding
notified to the grand lodge.
15. No recommendation, petition, or represen-
tation of any kind shall be received by the
board, unless it be in writing, and signed by the
person or persons addressing the board
16. The members of the board shall be in
masonic clothing when they proceed to the in-
vestigation of any charge or complaint.
1 7. When the board has investigated and de-
cided on any case, which, in its judgment, requires
admonition, fine, or suspension, the offence shall
be fully stated in the minutes, shall be declared
proved, the law relating thereto (if provided
against) quoted, and the decision recorded and
acted upon.
18. In case of any charge or complaint affect-
ing a member of the board or a lodge to which
he belongs, such member shall withdraw whilst
the board considers its decision.
19. Except when otherwise specially directed
by resolution of grand lodge, the board has the
direction of every thing relating to the buildings
and furniture of the grand lodge, and may sug-
BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES. 113
gest any alterations or improvements. It is to
cause the necessary preparations to be made for
the meetings of the grand lodge as well as for
the days of festival, public ceremonies, &c, and
to take care that arrangements be made for the
proper accommodation of the boards or com-
mittees appointed by the grand lodge, and of the
private lodges meeting at Freemasons' Hall. It
shall also give orders for all the usual and ordi-
nary articles which may be requisite for the
grand lodge ; but no extraordinary expense of
any kind shall be incurred without the previous
sanction of the grand lodge.
20. The board has likewise the care and regu-
lation of all the concerns of the grand lodge,
and shall conduct the correspondence between
the grand lodge and its surbordinate lodges and
brethren, and communications with sister grand
lodges and brethren of eminence and distinction
throughout the world.
21. The board may recommend to the grand
lodge whatever it shall deem necessary or advan-
tageous to the welfare and good government of
the craft, and may originate plans for the better
regulation of the grand lodge and the arrange-
ment of its genera] transactions.
22. All communications from the board to the
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114 THE COLONIAL BOAED.
grand master, grand lodge, other boards, or com-
mittees, or any private lodge, or brother, shall
be made in writing.
23. The board shall proceed to the considera-
tion of any special matter which may be referred
to it by the grand master or the grand lodge in
preference to other business.
24. All transactions and regulations of the
board shall be entered in the minute-book by
the secretary.
Of the COLONIAL BOAED.
1. The board shall consist of ten members of
the grand lodge, to be nominated and elected at
the same time, and in the same manner, as the
members of the board of general purposes.
2. The constitution of the board shall be as
follows : — Seven members shall be elected by the
grand lodge, the three colonial members shall be
nominated by the grand master, who shall appoint
the chairman and vice-chairman from the board
so constituted.
3. When practicable, three members of the
board shall be past masters of colonial lodges.
4. The board shall meet on the first Tuesday
in every month at three o'clock precisely. Three
members to be a quorum.
FEES, ETC. 115
5. The board shall have similar powers, as
regards the colonies and foreign parts, to those
exercised by the board of general purposes.
6. The grand secretary shall submit to the
board, at its first meeting after their receipt, all
communications received from the colonies.
Of FEES PAYABLE TO THE FUNDS
OF GENERAL PURPOSES AND
BENEVOLENCE.
1. Every brother, on his first appointment to
either of the following offices, shall pay to the
fund of benevolence.
The pro grand master Ten guineas.
The deputy grand master Ten guineas.
Grand warden Ten guineas.
Grand treasurer Ten guineas.
Grand registrar . . . . , Ten guineas.
President of the board of general ~| m
& > 1 en guineas.
purposes J
Grand secretary Ten guineas.
Grand deacon Five guineas.
Grand director of ceremonies . . Five guineas.
Assistant grand director of cere-1 et-
. & > Five guineas.
momes J
Grand superintendent of works Five guineas.
Grand sword bearer Five guineas.
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116 FEES, ETC.
2. A provincial grand master shall pay three
guineas for his patent, and ten guineas to the
fund of benevolence. The ten guineas to the
fund of benevolence are not, however, to be paid
by a district grand master appointed to a colo-
nial or foreign district, provided the brother be
a resident in such district.
3. A deputy provincial grand master shall
pay two guineas to the fund of general purposes,
for registering his name in the books of the
grand lodge.
4. A provincial grand warden, if not resident
in the province, a fee of two guineas to the fund
of benevolence for a dispensation. Subordinate
officers, for the same, one guinea.
5. Granting a new warrant for the London
district, fifteen guineas ; for provincial lodges,
ten guineas ; and for district lodges and lodges
in foreign parts five guineas ; and a warrant of
confirmation, two guineas, to the fund of general
purposes.
6. Granting a dispensation for a London
lodge, ten shillings and sixpence, to be paid
to the fund of general purposes; and for a
Country lodge, five shillings, to be paid to
the provincial grand lodge fund ; but if no
FEES, ETC, 117
such fond exist, then to the fund of general
purposes.
7. Grand lodge certificates, six shillings and
sixpence, to be paid' at the same time as the fee
for registration.
8. The registration fee for a mason made
within the London district, one guinea ; and in
a country or military lodge, ten shillings and
sixpence ; for a brother joining a lodge in the
London district, he having been initiated in
another lodge, five shillings ; and for a brother
so joining a country or military lodge, two
shillings and sixpence.
9. The joining fee upon the registration of
brethren initiated in lodges not holding under
the grand lodge of England, and therefore not
previously registered, the same as upon initia-
tion.
10. The registration fee for a mason made in
a colonial or foreign lodge, seven shillings and
sixpence sterling, which payment shall include
the grand lodge certificate ; the fee for a brother
joining any such lodge, two shillings and six-
pence, but should he require a grand lodge cer-
tificate, then the full fee of seven shillings and
sixpence shall be paid.
118 BEGAUA.
Of REGALIA,
1. The following clothing and insignia shall
be worn by the craft ; and no brother shall, on
any pretence, be admitted into the grand lodge,
or any subordinate lodge, without his proper
clothing.
2. No honorary or other jewel or emblem shall
be worn in the grand lodge or any subordinate
lodge which shall not appertain to or be con-
sistent with those degrees which are recognized
and acknowledged by and are under the control
of the grand lodge as part of pure and antient
masonry.
JEWELS.
The Grand Master, The compasses extended to
45°, with the segment of a circle at the
points and a gold plate included, on which
is to be represented an eye irradiated within
a triangle also irradiated.
The Pro Grand Master, The same.
Past Grand Masters, and \ A similar jewel, with-
Past Pro Grand Masters,! out the gold plate
REGALIA. ' 119
Deputy Grand Master, . . . . The compasses and
square united, with
a five-pointed star
in the centra
Past Deputy Grand Masters. The compasses and
square only.
Senior Grand Warden, .... The level.
Junior Grand Warden, .... The plumb.
Grand Chaplains, A book, within a tri-
angle.
Grand Treasurer, A chased key.
Grand Registrar, A scroll, with seal
appended. .
President of the Board of
General Purposes, Arms, crests, and
supporters of grand
lodge.
Grand Secretary, Cross penswithatie.
Grand Deacons, Pove and Olive
• Branch.
Grand Superintendent "1 A semicircular pro-
of Works, J tractor.
Grand Director of Ceremonies, Cross rods.
Assistant Ditto, Ditto.
Grand Sword Bearer, .... Cross sworda
Grand Organist, A lyre.
Grand Pursuivant, Arms of the grand
lodge with rod and
sword crossed.
120 RtiGALIA.
The jewels of the grand chaplain, registrar,
president of the board of general purposes,
secretary,, deacons, superintendent of works,
director of ceremonies, and assistant director
of ceremonies, sword bearer, organist, and pur-
suivant, are to be within a wreath composed of
a sprig of acacia, and an ear of corn.
The grand stewards of the year wear silver
gilt jewels pendent to collars of crimson ribbon
four inches broad, and bear white wands. The
jewel of a grand steward is — A cornucopia be-
tween the legs of a pair of compasses extended
upon an irradiated gold plate within a circle,
on which is engraved " United Grand Lodge
of Antient Free and Accepted Masons of Eng-
land."
Past grand stewards, so long as they continue
to subscribe to some lodge, wear jewels pendent
to collars of crimson ribbon, four inches broad,
with silver cord on each edge. The jewel of a
past grand steward is oval in form, and of the
same deyice as the jewel of a grand steward,
but on crimson enamel instead of the irradiated
plate, and of smaller size.
Provincial Grand Master, . . The compasses and
square* with a five-
pointed star in the
centre.
KEGALIA. 121
Dep. Prov. Grand Master, . . The square,
AU other Officers of Pro*
vincial Grand Lodges, .... Jewels of the same
description as those
worn by the officers
of the grand lodge.
Provincial Grand Stewards, Jewels similar to
those worn by the
stewards of the
grand lodge.
The jewels of the provincial grand master and .
other provincial grand officers and provincial
grand stewards are to be placed within a circle,
on which the name of the province is to be
engraven.
All past grand officers, and past provincial
grand offices, may wear the jewel of their re-
spective officers on a blue enamelled oval medal.
All the above jewels to be gold or gilt.
Masters of Lodges, The square.
Past Masters, • The square and
the diagram of
the 47th prop. 1st
Book of Euclid,
engraven on a
silver plate, pen-
dent within it.
122 REGALIA.
Senior Warden, The level.
Junior Warden, The plumb.
Treasurer, The key.
Secretary, The cross pens.
Deacons, The dove.
Inner Guard, Cross swords.
Tyler, The sword.
The above jewels to be in silver, except those
of the officers of the Lodge of Antiquity, No. 2,
and of the British Lodge No. 8, which are golden
or gilt. The collars to be light-blue ribbon, four
inches broad ; if silver chain be used, it must be
placed over the light-blue ribbon.
In the grand lodge and at great ceremonials
and festivals, where the grand officers appear in
their official capacities, the actual grand officers
wear chains of gold, or metal gilt, instead of
collars ; but upon all other occasions collars of
garter-blue ribbons, four inches broad, embroi-
dered or plain.
Past grand office^ of the grand lodge of
England are, in the grand lodge, or at any great
ceremonials or festival, to wear embroidered
collars, and in private lodges collars either em-
broidered or plain.
Past grand stewards, when attending the
grand lodge as masters, past masters, or wardens
of private lodges, wear their collars and jewels
REGALIA. 123
of the lodges and offices respectively, in right
of which they attend as members of the grand
lodge.
Patterns of the chains and collars are given in
the Appendix.
Provincial grand masters ^ear chains of gold
or metal gilt, or collars of garter-blue ribbon,
four inches broad.
Deputy provincial grand masters and other
subordinate provincial grand officers, present and
past, wear collars of garter-blue ribbon, four
inches broad, with narrow edging of gold lace or
cord, but not bullion or fringe, nor plain, except
in the grand lodge, in which they must wear
their collars and jewels of the lodges and offices
respectively, in right of which they attend as
members of the grand lodge. Provincial grand
stewards, during their period of office only, wear
collars of crimson ribbon two and a half inches
broad.
APRON&
Entered Apprentice, — A plain white lamb skin
from fourteen to sixteen inches wide, twelve
to fourteen inches deep, square at bottom
and without ornament ; white strings.
Fellow Craft, — A plain white lamb skin, similar
124 BEGALIA
to that of the entered apprentice, with the
addition only of two sky-blue rosettes at
the bottom.
Master Mason, — The same, with sky-blue lining
and edging, one and a half-inch deep, and
an additional rosette on the fall or flap, and
silver tassels. — No other colour or ornament
shall be allowed except to officers and past
officers of lodges, who may have the emblems
of their offices in silver or white in the centre
of the apron ; and except as to the members
of the Prince of Wales' Lodge, No. 259,
who are allowed to wear a narrow internal
border of garter-blue on their aprons.
Grand Stewards, present and past, — Aprons of
the same dimensions, lined with crimson,
edging of the satne colour three and a half
inches, and silver tassels. — Provincial grand
stewards, while in office, the same, except
that the edging is only two inches wide.—
The collar of the grand stewards' lodge to
be crimson ribbon, four inches broad.
Gh % and Officers of the Grand Lodge, present and
past, — Aprons of the same dimensions, lined
with garter-blue edging three and a half
inches, ornamented with gold, and blue
REGALIA, 125
strings, and they may have the emblems of
their offices, in gold or blue, in the centre.
Provincial Grand Officers, present and past, —
Aprons of the same dimensions lined with
garter-blue, and ornamented with gold, and
with blue strings ; they must have the
emblems of their offices in gold or blue in
the centre within a double circle, in which
must be inserted the name of the province.
The garter-blue edging to the aprons must
not exceed two inches in width.
The apron of the deputy grand master to have
the emblem of his office in gold embroidery in
the centre, and the pomegranate and lotus alter-
nately embroidered in gold on the edging.
The apron of the grand master is ornamented
with the blazing sun embroidered in gold in the
centre, on the edging the pomegranate and lotus
with the seven-eared wheat at each corner, and
also on the fall ; all in gold embroidery ; the
fringe of gold bullion.
The apron of the pro grand master the same.
The masters and past masters of lodges to
wear, in the place of the three rosettes on the
master masons apron, perpendicular lines upon
horizontal lines, thereby forming three several
sets of two right angles ; the length of the
horizontal lines to be two inches and a half each
126 CONSTITUTING A NEW LODGE.
and of the perpendicular lines one each ; these
emblems to be of ribbon, half an inch broad,
and of the same colour as the lining and edging
of the apron. If grand officers, similar emblems,
of garter-blue or gold
Of CONSTITUTING a NEW LODGE.
Every application for a warrant to hold a
new lodge must be by petition to the grand
master, signed by at least seven regularly regis-
tered masons; and the lodges to which they
belong, or formerly belonged, must be specified.
The petition must be recommended by the officers
of a regular lodge, and be transmitted to the
grand secretary, unless there be a provincial
grand master of the district or province in which
the lodge is proposed to be holden, in which
case it is first to be sent to him, or to his
deputy, who is to forward it, with his recom-
mendation or opinion thereon for the grand
master.
The M. W. grand master may authorize dis-
trict grand masters, in such districts as he shall
think proper, to grant provisional warrants for
CONSTITUTING A NEW LODGE. 127
the formation of new lodges within their respec-
tive districts upon the petition of any seven
regularly registered masons, who shall have fully
complied with the rules and regulations in force
relating to the constituting new lodges. The
authority when given to continue during the
pleasure of the grand master.
Whenever such provisional warrant shall have
been granted, the master of the new lodge shall,
within one month, apply by petition to the
grand master for a regular warrant of constitu-
tion ; and upon receipt of such petition, which
must state the fact that a provisional warrant
has been granted and be countersigned by the
district grand master, a regular warrant shall be
issued.
The following is the form of petition :
"To the M. W. Grand Master of the
United Fraternity of Antient Free and
Accepted Masons of England :
"We, the undersigned, being regular regis-
tered masons of the lodges mentioned against
our respective names, having the prosperity of
the craft at heart, are anxious to exert our best
endeavours to promote and diffuse the genuine
principles of the art ; and, for the conveniency
of our respective dwellings and other good
reasons, we are desirous of forming a new lodge,
to be named \H^JL^^ih^v^/W? consequence
128 CONSTITUTING A NEW LODGE.
of this desire, we pray for a warrant of consti-
tution, empowering us to meet as a regular
lodge, at on the of every
month, and there to discharge the duties of ma-
sonry, in a constitutional manner, according to
the forms of the order and the laws of the
grand lodge ; and we have nominated and do re-
commend brother [A.B.] to be the first master,
brother [CD.] to be the first senior warden,
and brother [E.F.] to be the first junior warden,
of the said lodge. The prayer of this petition
being granted, we promise strict obedience to
the commands of the grand master and the laws
and regulations of the grand lodge."
In order to avoid irregularities, every new
lodge should be solemnly constituted by the
grand master, with his deputy and wardens ; or,
in the absence of the grand master, by his deputy,
who shall* choose some master of a lodge to assist
him. If the deputy be absent, the grand master
may appoint some other grand officer or master
of a lodge to act as deputy pro tempore.
The following is the manner of constituting
a new lodge, according to the antient usage of
masons.
A lodge is duly formed ; and, after prayer, an
ode in honour of masonry is sung. The grand
master is then informed, by the secretary, that
the brethren present desire to be formed into a
CONSTITUTING A NEW LODGE. ]29
new lodge, &c, &c. The petition, the dispensa-
tion, and the warrant or charter of constitution,
are now read. The minutes of the lodge, while
under dispensation, are likewise read ; and, being
approved, are declared regular and valid, and
signed by the grand master. The grand master
then inquires if the brethren approve of the
officers who are nominated in the warrant to
preside over them. This being signified in
masonic form, an oration on the nature and
design of the institution is delivered. The lodge
is then consecrated according to ceremonies
proper and usual on those occasions, but not
proper to be written, and the grand master
constitutes the lodge in antient form.
The new master and wardens being yet among
the brethren, the grand master asks his deputy
if he hath examined them, and found the candi-
date master well skilled in the noble science, and
duly instructed in our mysteries, &c. The
deputy answering in the affirmative, he shall (by
the grand master's order) present him to the
grand master, saying, "most worshipful grand
master, I present this my worthy brother to be
installed master of the lodge, whom I know to be
of good morals and great skill, true and trusty,
and a lover of the whole fraternity, wheresoever
dispersed over the face of the earth/'
Then the grand master, placing the candidate
130 CONSTITUTING A NEW LODGE.
on his left hand, and having asked and obtained
the unanimous consent of all the brethren, shall
say : " I appoint you the master of this lodge,
not doubting your capacity and care to preserve
the cement of the lodge, w &c, with some other
expressions that are proper and usual on that
occasion, but not to be written.
Upon this, the deputy shall rehearse the
pharges and regulations of a master, and the
grand master shall ask the candidate, " Do you
submit to these charges and promise to uphold
these regulations, as masters have done in all
ages ? " The candidate signifying his submission
thereunto, the grand master shall install him, and
present him with the warrant of constitution, the
lodge-book, and the instruments of his office, one
after another ; and, after each of them, the grand
master, or his deputy, shall deliver the charge
that is suitable.
After this, the members of this new lodge,
bowing altogether to the grand master, shall
return him thanks, and immediately do their
homage to their new master, and signify their
promise of subjection and obedience to him, by
the usual congratulation.
The deputy and the grand wardens, and any
other brethren present, that are not members
of the new lodge, shall next congratulate the
new master ; and he shall return his becoming
CONSTITUTING A NEW LODGE. 131
acknowledgments to the grand master first, and
to the rest in their order.
Then the grand master desires the new master
to enter immediately upon the exercise of his
office, in choosing his wardens : and the new mas-
ter, calling forth the two brothers, presents them
to the grand master for his approbation, and to
the new lodge, for their consent. That being
granted, the senior or junior grand warden, or
some brother for him, shall rehearse the charges
of wardens ; and the candidates being solemnly
asked by the new master, shall signify their
submission thereunto.
Upon which, the new master, presenting them
with the instruments of their office, shall, in due
form install them in their proper places ; and
the brethren shall signify their obedience to the
new wardens, by the usual congratulation. The
other officers of the lodge are then appointed,
and invested in antient form.
The lodge, being thus completely constituted,
shall be registered in the grand master's book,
and by his order notified to the other lodgea
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132 PUBLIC CEREMONIES.
Of PUBLIC CEREMONIES.
Ceremony of laying a Foundation-Stone, dkc., by
the M. W. Grand Master.
The grand lodge having been opened at a
convenient place, and the necessary directions
and instructions given, it is adjourned; (the
brethren being in their proper clothing and
jewels, and wearing white gloves) and the pro-
cession moves in the following order, viz :
Two tylers, with drawn swords.
Music.
Brethren, not members of any lodge, two and two.
The lodges according to their numbers,
Juniors going first.
Past grand stewards, not being members of grand
stewards' lodge.
Members of grand stewards' lodge.
Officers of grand stewards' lodge.
Architect, or builder, with the plana
A cornucopia with corn, borne'
by the master of a lodge.
StewLd \ ^ wo ewers TOth wine and
oil, borne by masters of
lodges.
Assistant grand pursuivant.
Grand pursuivant.
Grand organist.
Assistant grand director of ceremonies.
>
Grand
Steward
PUBLIC CEREMONIES. 133
Grand director of ceremonies.
Grand superintendent of works, with the plate
bearing the inscription.
Past grand sword bearers.
Past grand deacons.
Grand secretary, with book of constitutions, on
a cushion.
President of the board of general purposes.
Past grand registrars.
Grand registrar, with his bag.
Grand treasurer bearing a phial containing the
coin to be deposited in the stone.
Past grand wardens.
Past provincial grand masters.
Provincial grand masters.
Past deputy grand masters.
Visitors of distinction.
The Corinthian light, borne by the master of a
lodge.
The column of junior grand warden borne by
the master of a lodge.
The junior grand warden with the plumb rule.
Grand f Banner of the grand! Grand
steward. I lodge. J steward.
The Doric light, borne by the master of a lodge.
The column of senior grand warden borne by the
master of a lodge.
The senior grand warden with the leveL
The junior grand deacons.
134 PUBLIC CEREMONIES.
Grand fThe grand chaplain, bearing"! grand
steward. I the sacred law on a cushion. J steward.
Deputy grand master, with square.
The Ionic light, borne by the master of a lodge.
The pro grand master.
A past grand master, or other brother of emi-
nence, bearing the mallet.
Grand /"The standard of thel Grand
steward. I grand master. J steward.
Grand sword bearer.
The most worshipful grand master.
The senior grand deacons.
Two grand stewards.
Grand tyler.
Having arrived within a proper distance of
the spot, the procession halts, the brethren open
to the right and left and face inwards, so as to
leave room for the grand master to pass up the
centre, he being preceded by his standard and
sword bearer, the grand officers and brethren
following in succession from the rear, so as to
invert the order of procession. The grand mas-
ter having arrived at his station, on a platform,
an ode is sung or music played (as previously
arranged). The stone being prepared and the
plate with the proper inscription, the upper part
of the stone is raised by an engine, the grand
chaplain repeats a prayer. The inscription on
the plate to be deposited in the stone will then
PUBLIC CEREMONIES 135
be read, and the grand treasurer having by the
grand master's command, deposited in the cavity
various coins of the present reign, the cement is
laid on the lower stone, and the upper one is let
down slowly, solemn music playing. Being pro-
perly placed, the grand master descends to the
stone, proves that it is properly adjusted by the
plumb rule, level, and square, which are succes-
sively delivered to him, by the junior grand N
warden, senior grand warden, and deputy grand
master ; after which, the architect or builder de-
livers to him the mallet, with which the grand
master gives three knocks. The grand master
then delivers to the architect or builder the
several implements for his use. The plan and
elevation of the building are presented by the
grand superintendent of the works, to the grand
master, for his inspection, who, having approved
them, delivers them to the architect, for his
guidance. The grand master re-ascends the
platform, music playing. An oration, suitable
to the occasion, is delivered. Some money for
the workmen is placed on the stone by the grand
treasurer.
If the building be for a charitable institution,
a voluntary subscription is made in aid of its
funds.
The procession then returns to the place from
which it set out, and the lodge is closed
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136 MASONIC FUNERALS.
Of MASONIC FUNERALS.
No mason can be interred with the formalities
of the order, unless it be at his own special
request, nor unless he has been advanced to the
degree of a master mason. When the wish of
the deceased shall have been communicated to
the master of the lodge of which he died a mem-
ber, the master may apply to the grand master
or provincial grand master for a dispensation.
A dispensation having been obtained, the
master may invite other lodges to attend in
form, but the whole ceremony, unless the grand
master or his deputy, or the provincial grand
master or his deputy, be present, must be under
the direction of the master of the lodge to which
the deceased belonged ; and he is accountable
for the regularity and conduct of the whole
proceedings.
The lodges rank according to seniority, the
junior preceding (except the lodge to which the
deceased belonged, which in every case is to go
the last), and each lodge forms one division.
CENTENARY JEWELS. 137
Instructions for applying for
CENTENARY JEWELS.
Application for permission to wear a Cen-
tenary Jewel is to be by petition or memorial to
the grand master, in which memorial or petition
the necessary particulars as to the origin of the
lodge are to be given ; as well as proof of its un-
interrupted existence for one hundred years.
When permission has been granted to a lodge
to wear a Centenary Jewel, the privilege of
wearing the Jewel is restricted to actual bond
fide subscribing members, being master masons ;
and for so long only as they shall pay the
stipulated subscription to the lodge and be
returned to the grand lodge of England.
The design for a Centenary Jewel has been
approved by the grand master (see plate 13).
The fee for a warrant, authorizing a lodge to
wear the Jewel, is five guineas.
The price of each Jewel, which can be obtained
only at the office of the grand secretary, will be
as follows : — -
£ 8. d.
18 carat gold, hall-marked 3 15
Silver gilt „ 16
INDEX.
PAGE
Accounts of grand lodge 35, 110
provincial grand lodges 54
private lodges 66
Act of union (1813) declares of what degrees antient
masonry consists 16
Admission of members to the grand lodge 21
in private lodges 79, 82 to 87
Admonition of offending lodge or brother 46, 71, 82, 109
brother in private lodge 67
Age at which a man may be made a mason 84
Ample form, when grand lodge declared to be opened in .... 23
Antient charges, summary of, to be read on installation of
master vi
of God and religion 3
the civil magistrate 4
lodges 5
masters, wardens, fellows, and appren-
tices 6
the management of the craft in work-
ing 8
behaviour, viz. :
in lodge while constituted 10
after lodge, brethren not being gone 11
when brethren meet without stran-
gers, but not in lodge 11
in presence of strangers, not masons 12
at home and in the nighbourhood 12
towards a strange brother 13
Antient masonry, of what degrees it consists 16
Appeal to grand lodge or grand master 47, 57, 81, 95, 109
a Applications to grand master, how to be made 32
for warrant to hold new lodge 126
relief from fund of benevolence 101
grand lodge certificate 89 to 91
Appointments and names of masters and wardens until
duly transmitted to the grand secretary's office, such
masters and wardens cannot attend grand lodge 19, 69
Aprons 123
Assistant grand director of ceremonies 39
Ballot for initiation or admission 83, 85
who may be admitted as members of a lodge with-
out : 65
members of board of general purposes 107
Benevolence, fund of, see Fund of masonic benevolence .... 96
140 INDEX.
PAGE
Benevolence, board, committee, or lodge of, see same 96
provincial fund of, regulations as to 53
Board of general purposes, of whom consists 107
president and ten other members to be no-
minated by grand master 107
fourteen other members to be elected by
grand lodge 107
not more than seven past masters to be
elected 107
master and past master, or more than one
past master of same lodge not to be elected
on same board 107
vice-president to be elected by board 107
mode of election of the fourteen members 107
vacancy caused by death or removal how
to be filled up 108
who to preside in absence of president and
vice-president 109
when to meet 109
how many constitute a quorum, and how
questions are to be decided 109
authority of 109
has charge of finances 110
may inspect books, summon officers, and
give orders .'. 110
to examine demands on grand lodge, and
if correct, order their discharge 110
to balance quarterly accounts, to be printed
and transmitted to lodges 110
to investigate yearly accounts, prepare them
for the auditor, and state the amounts
of receipts, expenditure, and property 111
abstract of report of, to be transmitted to
lodges Ill
may appoint sub-committees Ill
may summon lodge or master to attend and
produce warrant, &c, and consequence
of contumacy Ill
recommendations, &c, to be in writing and
signed 112
on what occasions, members of, to be in
masonic clothing 112
how to proceed in cases requiring admo-
nition, fine, or suspension 112
in case of a complaint affecting a member
or his lodge, he is to withdraw 112
has the direction as to buildings, &c, and ,
as to arrangements, for meetings &c, .... 112
to regulate concerns, including finance, and
conduct correspondence 113
may recommend measures to grand lodge,
and originate plans 113
INDEX. 141
PAGE
Board of general purposes, continued
all communications from, to be in writing 113
to consider first, business referred to it by
grand master or grand lodge 114
resolutions and transactions of^ to be entered
in minute-book 114
Book in grand secretary's office, masters and wardens
in London district must sign within one month after
appointment 78
Books to be kept by lodges 63, 66
of lodges to be produced when required by masonic
authority 69
Business, paper of, to be given to every member of grand
lodge on his entrance into the hall 22
brethren may have such on payment of
five shillings per annum 22
By-laws, power of provincial grand lodges to make 52
private lodges 63
master to pledge himself to, on installation 63
every member to sign 63
Candidates, qualifications of, for initiation 84
declaration to be signed by 85
promise to be made by, on initiation 85
member proposing responsible for fees of 86
Casting vote, when may be given 62
Centenary Jewel, how to apply for 137
Ceremonies, grand director and grand assistant director of 39, 40
Ceremonies, master of private lodges . 61
Ceremony of constituting a new lodge 126
laying a foundation stone 132
Certificate, grand lodge, every brother registered to be
furnished with 67, 89
regulations respecting blank, for-
warded to the colonies 60
issued to district grand mas-
ters abroad must be counter-
signed and have district grand
lodge seal attached 60
what shall be paid for, and when
to be remitted 89, 117
must be signed by brother re-
ceiving 90
who excluded from receiving .... 90
what the document on which it is
granted must state 90
applications for, how made 90
exceptions in the British colonies
and settlements 90
"may be exchanged without fur-
ther expense, when higher de-
gree attained 91
142 INDEX.
PAGK
Certificate, grand lodge, of brother whose widow or chil-
dren apply for relief, regula-
tions as to 103
of visit to petitioner for relief 102, 106
of private lodge, for what purposes only to be
granted 81, 83, 90, 91
for what purpose may not be
given 67
no charge to be made for 91
what, to be produced before ballot for new
member 83
Chair of grand lodge, regulations as to 23
Chaplain, grand 34
of private lodge 61
Charges, autient, see Antient Charges 3
of private lodges , 61
Charity, general fund of, qualifications to participate
in 53, 96
all fines to be applied to 71, 82
Clandestine initiations and lodges 79
Clerks of grand secretary, regulations as to 37
Clothing and insignia, masonic, see Regalia 118
Colonies and foreign parts, district grand lodges in 55
Colonial board, of whom consists 114
how to be nominated and elected 114
three members, if practicable, to be past
masters of colonial lodges 114
powers of 115
constitution of, seven to be elected by
grand lodge, three to be nominated by
grand master 114
chairman, and vice-chairman, by whom
appointed 114
when to meet 114
quorum, how many constitute 114
communications from the colonies to be
submitted 115
Committee of grand lodge, or general committee, of whom
consists 20
when held, its duties and regu-
lations 20, 21
who may attend in the ab-
sence of the master of lodge 21
Committee of benevolence, see Fund of masonic benevo-
lence 96
Communications, grand lodge or quarterly, when held .... 19
Complaints, masonic, how to be preferred. 25, 46, 81, 109
in provinces to be heard by pro-
vincial grand master 46
authority of board of general pur-
poses as to 109
Constituting a new lodge, petition for 127
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Constituting a new lodge, ceremony of 126
Constitution or warrant of lodge not to be sold 7(?
Contributions and payment :.. 115
to fund of benevolence,
by members of lodges within the London
district :.... 96
country and military lodges 96
to fund of general purposes,
by grand officers 115
provincial grand masters 116
Contumacy, consequences of , on summons 31, 47, 71, 111
Country lodges, what are to be considered as 72
under whose superintendence, and to
whom to apply 72
subject to grand registrar, when appointed
to take charge of province ...... 36
masters, past masters, and wardens of, to
attend provincial grand lodge 73
to make returns to provincial grand
master, &c 73
rank, numbers, and seniority of 73
removal of, regulations as to 74, 92
regulations as to, where no provincial
grand master nor any brother em-
powered to perform his functions 74
Customs and usages, uniformity in, to be preserved 67
Deacons, grand 38
qualification for the office of 38
Declaration to be signed by candidates 85
Degrees in masonry, interval of time in taking 86
# exceptions 56
Deputy grand master 33
provincial grand master 50
master of lodge, where a prince of the blood royal
is master . 61
Differences among members of lodges', how to be ad-
justed 81
Director of ceremonies, grand, and assistant 39, 40
Dispensation or licence 50, 56, 62, 67, 75, 77, 83, 84, 86, 93,
94, 136
Dispensations, fees to be paid for 116
for non-residence of provincial grand
officers 50
for the master of a lodge to continue more
than two years in succession 77
for the master of a tavern to hold office .... 62
for a brother to be master of two lodges at
the same time 62
to initiate a minor 84
to initiate a tyler or serving brother 87
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PAGE
Dissolution of lodge, warrant of lodge to be delivered
up, on 70
District grand lodges, nature and powers of 55
may appoint committees to investi-
gate and decide on matters rela-
ting to lodges and masons in
their respective districts bo
proceedings to be governed by the
book of constitutions 56
powers to be similar to those of
the board of general purposes .... 56
appeal lies to grand master from
decisions of 57
may make rules for their own
guidance, &c., but such rules not
valid till approved by the grand
master of England 57
may fix stated times for meetings 57
not to be closed on the death, resigna-
tion, &c., of district grand master 58
who to assume the functions 58
may require payment to local fund
of fees larger than are allowed in
* England 58,59
regulations as to fixing such fees .... 58
District grand master to be appointed by grand master.... 45
in case of death or removal of, who
to act 58
personally responsible for remit-
tances of dues to grand lodge
when returns made to Jlim 60
may grant provisional warrants for
new lodges 126
Due form, when grand lodge declared to be opened in 23
provincial grand lodge 52
Emergency, grand lodge of 22
provincial grand lodge of 48
private lodge of 64
for admission of candidates 83
Erasure of lodges 25
in provinces 46
in colonies or foreign parts 55
Examination for advancement 86
Exclusion of members 32, 46, 67, 68, 80, 81
Expulsion of brethren 24> 80
in provinces 46
in colonies or foreign parts 55
Fees on appointment of grand officers 115
provincial grand master's patent 115
registering deputy provincial grand master's name 116
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Fees on provincial grand officers non-resident 50, 116
granting new warrant 116
warrant of confirmation 116
grand lodge certificates 117
initiation 86
registry of masons made in London district 117
appointment of country or military lodges 117
colonial or foreign 117
members joining lodges in London district 117
country, or military
lodges 117
from foreign grand lodges 117
colonial or foreign 117
dispensations .;.:. 50, 116
Festival, grand 23
Finances of grand lodge are under charge of board of
general purposes 110
Fines on offending lodges or brethren 46, 71, 82, 109
to be applied to the general
charity 71,82
Foreign lodges, when and how brethren of, may be re-
lieved 101
parts, district grand lodges in 55
Form, when grand lodge declared to be opened in
"ample form, "due form," or "in form"
only 23
when provincial grand lodge declared to be
opened in " due form," or " in form " only 52
Foundation stone, ceremony of laying, by grand master .... 132
Fund for general purposes, payments towards, see Contri-
butions and Fees 115
Fund of masonic benevolence, solely devoted to charity .... 96
when and how distributed 96
lodge or committee of, laws and regulations of 96
when holden, and of whom consists 96
president and vice-presidents, and their duty ....96, 105
members of, not to be solicited, and penalty on
transgression 98
cases, on which particular members are not to
vote 98
no master to be member of, if his lodge be
twelve months in arrear 99
applications for relief, how made 101
what recommendation necessary, and who must
attend thereon 102
a certificate of visit must accompany the petition 102, 106
the brother attending to speak to a London
case must have visited the petitioner 102
form of recommendation 105
who may be relieved 99, 100, 101
regulations as to secretaries of lodges, exempted
from subscription ~. 99
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PAGE
Fund of masonic benevolence, continued —
regulations as to serving brethren 86, 87, 100
when a brother may be relieved, though not
registered 100
petition must be left with grand, secretary at
least three days previously 103
petitioner must attend, except in certain speci-
fied cases 103
brother relieved not to petition a second time
within one year 103
a widow cannot be relieved a second time 103
to what amount committee may relieve a
brother 103,104
and under what circumstances
committee may relieve widow or
children of a brother 100
regulations as to petition of widow or children
of a brother 103
cases of extraordinary distress may be referred
for larger grants 104
when brethren of Scotch,. Irish, and foreign
grand lodges may be relieved 101
laws and regulations are to be read quarterly .. . 105
• payment towards : 96
provincial regulations as to 53
district 58
Funerals, masonic 136
Furniture of lodges « 68
General charity, see Charity and Fund of masonic bene-
volence 96
General committee, see Committee of grand lodge 20, 21 *
purposes, board of, see Board of general purposes 106
fund of, payments towards, see Con-
tributions and Fees 115
Grand festival, regulations as to 23
lodge, members of, and their rank in order 16
past masters, when and how long members of 18
honorary members of : 18
no member of, to attend without proper
jewel and clothing 18
consequences of lodge neglecting to make
returns and payments to 19
master, past master, and warden of lodge
not allowed to attend until his name and
appointment be transmitted to grand
secretary's office 19, 69, 78
no brother to hold more than one office in,
at the same time 19
times of meeting 19
general committee, previous to, and notices
to be given there 20, 21
INDEX. 147
PAGB
Grand lodge, continued —
porch of, who to attend in, and preside at 21
of emergency, when and how convened 22
festival 23
erasure of lodge, and expulsion of brother by 25
jurisdiction of, over complaints and differ-
ences 25
as to language of memorial, &c, to ......... 25
regulations for the government of, during
business 26
certificates, see Certificates 67, 89, 117
grant of money 27
officers, viz.,
grand master 29
pro grand master 29
deputy grand master 33
provincial or district grand master 45
grand wardens 33
grand wardens, fine for non-attendance 34
chaplains 34
treasurer 34
registrar 35
president of the board of general purposes.... 36
secretary 37
deacons 38
fine for non-attendance 38
superintendent of works : 39
director of ceremonies 39
assistant director of ceremonies 39
sword bearer 39
fine for non-attendance 40
organist 39
pursuivant 39
jewels, insignia of 118
fees to be paid 115
standard-bearers 40
stewards, appointment and duties of 42
a lodge neglecting to make a return of, forfeits .
its privileges 43
accepting money, forfeit their rank, and the
lodge its privilege of nomination 43
fine for not attending grand lodge 44
clothing and insignia of 42, 120
lodge 44
cannot make, pass, or raise masons 45
past, where to sit in grand lodge, if members.... 44
collars and jewels of 122
tyfer 41
Honorary jewels, regulations as to 68, 118
House, master of, at which lodge meets, regulations as to 62, 68
or place of meeting of lodge 64
L 2
148 INDEX
PAGE
Improper matter in memorial, &c, to grand lodge, as to ... 25
Inaecorous or offensive behaviour 27, 67
Initiation, qualifications for, and declaration to be signed
before ^ 83, 85
propositions and ballots for 83, 84
promise's to be made by candidate 85
number of, in lodge allowed on same day 86
fees on 86
in military lodges 74
of military persons 75, 86
Insignia, masonic, and clothing, 118
Installation of grand master 29
deputy grand master 33
provincial or district grand master 45
master of lodge 62, 76
charges to be read on vi
Instruction, lodges of, by what sanction or authority may
be held 88
sanction of lodge may be withdrawn
from, and how 88
lodge sanctioning and brethren to
whom licence given responsible for
proceedings of 88
notice of times and places of meeting
in London district to be given to
grand secretary 88
to keep minutes, and when they are
to be produced 88
Ireland, brethren under constitution of, when may be
relieved 101
Jewels and clothing, members of grand lodge not to attend
without proper 18
none to be worn of degrees not recognized by the
grand lodge 18, 68, 118
and furniture of lodges, regulations as to 68
of grand officers and past grand officers 118
provincial grand officers, present and past 120
grand stewards and provincial grand stewards ....120, 121
centenary : 137
honorary 68, 118
and clothing of officers of private lodges 121
Joining members, regulations as to 65, 81, 82, 85
Laws, power of enacting 24, 27, 52, 63
Lists, to be made and transmitted to grand secretary by
lodges , 69
Local country lodges 73
fund in provinces 53
colonies or foreign parts 58
Lodges in colonies and foreign parts, see District grand
lodges 55
INDEX. 149
PAGE
Lodges in the country 72
of emergency, see Emergency 22, 48, 64, 83
grand 16
instruction 88
in London district 72
military 74
private, not to have a feast on day of grand
festival ,. 23
when the grand master is present «. 31
when the deputy grand master is present 33
not to contribute towards grand stewards'
expenses ...>.. •...•«•••«. •.»»••!«•••..• •«•.....,. , .... *±o
officers of 61
jewels and insignia of, 121, 123
secretary of, exempt from subscription .... 99
when deputy master of, may be ap-
pointed 61
qualification, election, and installation of
master of 62, 76
what officers of, to be appointed by
master 62
no brother to be master of more than one
lodge at the same time 62
master of house where lodge held not to
hold office without dispensation 62
powers of, to make and alter by-laws 63
by-laws of, to be written in books and
signed, &c. 63
books to be kept of names of members,
transactions, &c 63
place and days of meeting of, regulations
as to 64
when and how lodge of emergency may be
called 64
when regularly removed, notice to be
given, &c 64, 93
until notice given, the officers not to attend
the grand lodge, &c 69, 70
precedence of, and as to regular constitu-
tion and registry of 64, 73
name and title of 65
not to admit members, nor to initiate,
&c, without strictly complying with the
laws 82
nor under 21 years of age 84
nor to initiate more than five on same day
without dispensation 86
nor to give more than one degree to a
brother on same day 86
nor a higher degree in less than foui
weeks ....:.. 86
exception to this rule in Districts
abroad 55
150 INDEX.
PAGE
Lodge* private, continued —
nor without examination in open
lodge 86
regulations as to initiations in, of military
persons 86
fees on initiation 86
exception in favour of serving
brethren 87
must receive as member a brother ini-
tiated in 65
must register names and make returns of
members 66
provision in case of neglect to register,
&c 66
to procure for every brother initiated
therein a grand lodge certificate 67
not to give a certificate to enable masons
to proceed as paupers 67
not to form public masonic procession
without licence 67
to preserve uniformity, and members of,
to visit other lodges 67
fees, dues, moneys, and accounts of, regu-
lations as to '. 66
regulations in case of brother misbehaving
in 67
not to exclude member without due
notice 68
jewels and furniture of, regulations as
to 68
minutes, lists, and books of, to be pro-
duced when duly required 69
majority of, may instruct representatives
to grand lodge, and who are represen-
tatives 69
to make returns and payments regularly,
and consequences of neglect „ 69, 70
on dissolution of, warrant to be delivered
up to grand master 70
warrant of, if sold or irregularly procured,
forfeited , 70
• where majority of members of, withdraw,
the constitution remains with the rest ;
if all withdraw, the warrant extinct .... 71
transfer and forfeiture of warrants of 70
erasure of 25
in colonies and foreign parts 55
duty of, on summonses, and consequences
on contumacy 31, 71, 111
offending, admonition, fine, or suspension
of 31, 46, 71, 109
new, of constituting 126
•
INDEX. 151
PAGE
Lodges, provincial grand , 52
removal of 47, 74, 92
London district, what lodges are within 72
lodges in, not to have feast on day of
grand festival ........; » 23
Making masons, general regulations as to 82
of military persons 75, 86
Masonic benevolence 96
clothing and regalia 118
festival, grand w 23
funerals 136
processions 67, 93
Masonry, antient, of what degrees it consists 16
Masons offending against law * 81
Master of lodge member of grand lodge 1 8
lodge of benevolence 96
general committee 20
(in provinces) member of provincial grand
lodge 52, 73
unable to attend general committee, may
appoint past master of his lodge to do
so 21
cannot attend grand lodge until name,
&c, transmitted 19, 69, 78
qualifications, elections, and installation of 62, 76
when entitled to give a casting vote 62
not of two lodges at the same time 62
what pledge he shall give, and how long
remain in office 77
to visit other lodges 77
responsible for due observance of laws re-
lating to private lodges 78
provision in case of death, removal, ab-
sence, or incapacity to act, of 78
in London district, to sign book in grand
secretary's office 78
to attend on due summons and produce
warrant, &c 31, 47, 78, 111
as representative in grand lodge, may be
instructed by majority of lodge 69
what fees or dues are to be deposited in
hands of 66
when and how may displace officers and
nominate others * 79
jewels and insignia of 118
Masters and wardens 76
Masters, wardens, and past masters of lodges neglecting
to make returns cannot attend grand lodge, &c 19, 69
Master of tavern or house where lodge held shall not have
any lien on lodge property 68
152 INDEX.
PAGE
Master of lodge, continued—
nor hold office in such lodge without dispensa-
tion 62
Meeting of lodge, place of 64, 93
Member of lodges, admission of .79, 82, 85
who excluded from being 79
not to publish proceedings of a lodge,
and penalty 80
excluded or withdrawing from lodge,
eligibility of, to other lodges 81
brother initiated in lodge may become,
without further ballot, if his wish be
expressed on day of initiation 65
Members of lodges, differences among or complaints of .... 81
misbehaviour of 67, 82
exclusion of 67, 68
of grand lodge, who are 18
Military lodges, regulations as to establishment of 74
sojourners or inhabitants of places where
members of one stationed, and non-
military persons, not to be initiated in 75
none below rank of corporal to be initiated
save as serving brethren 75, 86
conduct of, in foreign parts , 75
regulations, when regiment or corps dis-
banded 76
Minors cannot be initiated except by dispensation 84
Minutes of provincial grand lodges to be kept, &c 54
private lodges 63
Misconduct of members 67, 82
Moneys of grand lodge, lodges withholding to be proceeded
against 66,100
Moneys, see Lodges, private 66
Motion in grand lodge, notice to be given of 20
for a grant of money 27
Names and appointments of past masters and wardens,
return of, to grand lodge 19, 69, 78
of members of private lodges to be entered in books,
with details of age, &c 63
of persons present in lodges not to be published
without due authority ! 80
and titles of lodge, regulations as to 65
Neglect of lodge to make due return, consequence of 19, 70
New lodge, how constituted 126
New warrant, fee for granting 116
Notice of motion in grand lodge, when and how given .... 20
once given, if renewed at
the general committee,
to take precedence of
new ones 21
to be given on removal of lodge 64, 93
INDEX 153
PAGE
Offensive language in memorials, &c 25
behaviour by members of lodges 67, 82
Offences of lodges and brethren, regulations as to 46, 71, 82, 109
Officers, grand 16
may be sent by grand master to visit
lodges 31
provincial grand 50
of private lodges 61, 62
election and appointment of 62, 76
how displaced 79
Order in which members of grand lodge rank 16
Organist, grand , 39
Past grand officers, what, are members of grand lodge .... 16
jewels and insignia of 118, 124
provincial grand officers, what, members of provincial
grand lodge 52
jewels and insignia of 120, 125
Past masters of lodges, members of grand lodge 18
how long they retain their privi-
leges „ 18
if forfeited, how to be regained .... 18
cannot attend grand lodge until
name, &c, transmitted 19, 69, 78
twelve, on lodge of benevolence .... 96
jewels and insignia of ...121, 123
Petition for new lodge :... 127
regulations as to 127
to board of general purposes must be in writing
and signed 112
for relief, what it must state 101
when to be left with grand secretary 103
Petitioner for relief, attendance of, when necessary 101
Place of meeting of lodge td be specified in by-laws 64
as to change of 64, 93
Precedence of members of grand lodge 16
private lodges 64
provincial lodges 73
lodges at masonic funerals 136
President of the board of general purposes 36
Prince of the blood royal, when grand master, may appoint
pro grand master 29
when master of lodge, may ap-
point deputy master 61
Printing of proceedings of lodges without due authority,
prohibited 80
Private lodges 61
Proceedings of lodges not to be printed without due au-
thority 80
Procession ^. 67, 93
Pro grand master 29
Proposing members, initiations, &c, regulations thereon.... 82
154 INDEX.
PAGB
Protest^ when may be entered in lodge-books 80
Provincial grand lodge, how and when assembled 48
how often to be held 48
how to be declared open 52
of whom consists 52
power of, to frame by-laws 52
may establish local fund of bene-
volence 53
to elect treasurer annually 54
minutes of proceedings of, to be
kept, &C; M 54
ceases on death, suspension, or
removal of provincial grand
master 54
to enquire into matters referred
to it by provincial grand master,
but not to decide 55
fund of benevolence 53
accounts to be audited an-
nually 54
grand master, appointment and installation
of 45
grand registrar may be ap-
pointed to act as 36
appointment of officers by 45
to preside in lodges in his pro-
vince 46
to hear and determine masonic
complaints therein 46
power of, to admonish, fine,
suspend, &c 46
provision for case of neglect of,
to proceed on business 47
powers of, to summon lodges
and brethren, &c 47
to hold provincial grand
lodges 48
to communicate with grand
lodge 48
to forward summary of the
minutes of every provincial
grand lodge 48
to forward the names and
numbers of the lodges of
brethren appointed to office 48
may appoint a deputy 49
to transmit the name, &c, of
deputy to lodges and grand
secretary 49
responsible for proceedings of
provincial grand lodge — to
cause minutes to be kept .... 49
INDEX. 155
PAGE
Provincial grand master fees on patent of, and con-
tribution by on appoint-
ment 116
deputy, qualifications, appoint-
ments, rank and duties of .... 49, 50
fee on appointment 116
wardens and subordinate provincial
grand officers 50
fees payable by, for non-resi-
dence 50,116
officers, past and present, jewels, and
insignia of 120, 125
not members of the grand
lodge 51
take no rank out of their
district 51
non-resident to pay a fee 50
stewards 51
number of, that may be ap-
pointed 46
jewels and insignia of 121, 124
lodges not to be removed from one town to
another without the concurrence of
the grand master 74, 93
not to De removed into another pro-
vince without the consent of the
grand master 74, 93
Publication of proceedings of lodges without due authority,
prohibited 80
Public business, regulations for government of grand
lodge during. ^ 26
ceremonies, manner of, in laying foundation
stone 132
house where lodge held, see Master of tavern 62, 68
masonic procession,, without due licence, pro-
hibited 67,93
lodges and masons attend-
ing, without due permis-
sion, penalties on 94
tylers, the like 94
Pure antient masonry, of what degrees it consists 16
Pursuivant, grand 39
Quarterly communications, grand lodges for, when held .... 19
Recommendation to board of general purposes, to be in
writing and signed 112
form of, for relief 105
Regalia il8
Registrar, grand 35
156 INDEX,
PAGE
Registration 64, 65, 115
of brother, where neglected by lodge, pro-
vision for 66, 100
fee on initiation 117
masons made in colonial and foreign
lodges 117
of. deputy provincial grand master 116
Regulation for government of the craft 16
grand lodge during
business 26
on admission of candidates and members 82
Relief, who may receive, from fund of benevolence 96
applications for 101
Removal of grand officers 31
officers of private lodges 79
lodges 47, 64, 74, 92
Representation to board of general purposes to be in
writing and signed 112
Resignation of members 18, 81
Restoring brethren 32, 47
Representatives in sister grand lodges.... 30
from sister grand lodges 30
of lodges in grand lodge, who are 69
Returns and payments to grand lodge 18, 19, 69
may be made to the district
grand master by lodges in the
colonies and foreign parts 59, 60
when so made, a duplicate of
return to be sent to the grand
secretary in London 60
to be made of names and appointments of
masters, past masters, and wardens 19, 69, 78
Sanction of book of constitutions v
to lodges of instruction may be withdrawn
andhow 88
Scotland, when a brother under constitution of, may be
relieved 101
Scrutineers on ballot for board of general purposes 108
Seals of grand lodge 35, 37
Secretary, grand 37
Secretaries of lodges 61, 99
Serving brethren, initiation of 86
not to be members of lodge in which
initiated 86
how may become entitled to relief ....87, 100
Sister grand lodge representative in 30
as to brethren deputed from a 30
Soldiers 74
Standard bearers 40
Stewards, grand 42
INDEX. 15
H
PAGE
Stewards, grand provincial :.....* 45, 51
Sub-committees of board of general purposes Ill
Summary of antient charges vi
Summons to lodge or brother to attend grand master or
grand lodge 25, 31
Summons to lodge or brother to attend board of general
purposes Ill
provincial grand master 47
Superintendent, grand, of works 39
Suspension of lodges 31, 46, 47, 71, 109, 111
brethren 31, 46, 47, 80, 109, 111
Sword bearer, grand 39
Tavern or house where lodge held, master of, see
Master of tavern % 62, 68
Title and name of lodge 65
Transactions of lodges, proper to be written, to be
entered in books 63
not to be published without due
authority 80
Transfer of warrants 70
Treasurer, grand 34
provincial grand 51, 54
of private lodge 61, 62, 66
Tyler, grand, nomination, qualifications, duties and
restrictions of 41
of private lodge 62, 86, 87, 94, 100
dispensation to initiate 87
Uniformity in working to be observed 67
Visitors in grand lodge 19
« private lodges 89
who excluded from being 79, 89
when and how admitted 89
must while in lodge conform to its by-laws .... 89
restrictions on brethren who are not sub-
scribing members of any lodge 89
of known bad character may be refused ad-
mission 89
Wardens of grand lodge 29, 33, 115
insignia and jewels of 119, 124
provincial grand lodge 50
insignia and jewels
of. 120, ; 125
private lodge 61, 76
insignia and jewels of 122
cannot attend grand lodge
until name, &c, trans-
mitted 19, 69, 78
INDEX.
Warrant* and boob of k
not to be told -
of confin
ion* for. to hold a
proviBicHul, may be granted by district
Work*, grand (aperintendenl of ._ _
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Deputy Grand Master.
Past I^oputv Grancl Master.
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.^nticnt Jxci w\\b ^Icccptcti ^ftasons erf (England
OF
Zht "Jfclix" J oboe,
No. 1494.
AT THE
P
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LARENCE TTOTEL
Tedd
INGTON,
On Saturday ; May 30/Vfc, 1874.
Bro. EDWARD B. GRABHAM, Designate.
Bro. Major GEORGE BARLOW, S.W. „
Hko. F. SUMNER KNYVETT, J.W.
THE
CEREMONIES OF CONSECRATION & INSTALLATION,
By the W. Bro. ROBr. WENT WORTH LITTLE, pAl.
Provincial Grand Secretary.
The Officer appointed by the R. W. Provincial Master,
»
ASSISTED HY THE
W. Bro, THOMAS WILLIAM WHITE, P.M.,
Past Grand Steward.
'J 'he Musical arrangements under the direction of.
I!m RICHARD LIMPUS, 1309, 1326, 1423.
/ } j (>;'/ncia/ Grand Organist,
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Pf^GI\AM/VIE.
o-o - —
I. -The brethren assemble in the Ante Room aud w.ilk in procession to the
Lodge Room.
2. — The Presiding Officer takes the Chair, and appoints the Wardens//**?. km.
3. — The Lodge is opened in the Three Degrees.
4.— The Presiding Offifcer'addresses the Brethren on the nature of the Meeting,
and calls on the Chaplain to give the prayer.
5. — The Acting Secretary addresses the Presiding Officer.
6. — The Presiding Officer replies, and gives directions.
7. — The Brethren of the new Lodge are then arranged in order.
8. — The Acting Secretary re ids the Petition and Warrant.
9. — The Presiding Officer enquires of the Brethren if they approve of the
Officers named in Petition and Warrant.
10. -The Brethren signify their approval in Masonic Form.
11. — An Oration on the Nature and Principles of the Institution.
12. —An Anthem (133rd Psalm)
"Behold, how good and joyful a thing it is for Brethren to dwell together in unity !
It is like the precious ointment upon the head, that ran down unto the beard, even
unto Aaron's beard ; and went down to the skirts of his clothing,
It is like the dew of Hermon which fell upon the hill of Sion ;
For there the Lord promised His Blessing, and life for evermore.
13. — Dedication Prayer ( first portion?)
14. — Ottuies — Chant, "So mote it be."
1 5. -Sauctus -"Glory be to Thee, O Lord."
' iV fft- f
§g
>3
5*
i»». (All the- Brethren turn to the Ea*t when the Presiding Officer give>
Iwocation.) .
17. — O/nnes — Chant, " So mote it be." ^
18. -The Chaplain will read II, Chron. Chap., i ti xvi Verses.
19. --The Lodge Hoard is then uncovered, and the Master and Wardens// v ■<.
carry the Elements of Consecration three times round the Lod^-.-,
{Solemn Music during Procession), halting in the East at e;n !i
perambulation.
20. — The Presiding Officer then Dedicates the Lodge.
21. -Anthem.
*'Gl.>rybe to God on High,
Perice on earth,
Goodwill towards men."
22. —The Chaplain takes the Censer three times round the Lodge {Solemn .Vush
during his progress), halting in the East.
23. — Dedication Prayer {second portion).
23. — O nines, — Chant, "So mote it be."
25. — The Presiding Officer then Constitutes the Lodge.
26.- Omues — Chant, '* So mote it be."
27. --An Anthem.
' 'Glory to God in the highest,
Let all the Brethren cry aloud,
Praise ye the Lord !
For His merciful kindness is ever great towards us,
% And the truth of the Lord endureth for ever ;
Blessed be the name of the Lord from this time forth for evermore.
THE LODGE IS RESUMED IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
Installation of the IV, jlf, and Appointment of Ofturrs.
PROPOSITION'S EOR INITATION AND JOINING.
MWMM«MMiMiHiaa«M«MaMaHHHHaMHiMMtaMn^«MaiM
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CONSECRATION
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THE "ELLIOT" LODGE,
No. 1,567,
AT THB
cfe.
Railway I^otel, |$eltxam, Middlesex,
On SATURDAY, 6th NOVEMBER.
Ero. JOHN MASON, W.M., Designate.
„ FRANK GREEN, S.W.,
„ WILLIAM DUNHAM, J.W., „
Mt flerpmti^ of tfon&aiatiott & Jnglallalion
BY
W. Bro. ROBERT WENTWORTH LITTLE, P.M.,
Prov. S. G. Warden, Middlesex,
ASSISTED BT
Bro. the Rev. P. M. HOLDEN,
Prov. G. Chaplain, Middlesex, . as Chaplain,
AND
W. Bro. THOMAS W. WHITE,
P. G. Steward, at AC
»>AV»i>WWMMVM\A^W^^^V»AAAAAAAW»^Mtf
The Musical Arrangements under the direction of
Bro. KNIGHT SMITH, Organist, 1441.
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1.— i'ix Brrthicn .issembl'j ;m "K- \\\ ?v •■ir. ■' n<i ■-. 'k. m p'ovcssmn r (> ft:?
Lodje K<» m. * »■>
2. — T**e Fic^ir- Officer takes die Ch.nr, and appoints the Wardens *■•' v»r..
■ - l"hs Loogr* is opened in the Three Degree.
4— the Presiding Officer addresses the Brethren on the nature <.r *h»- M**"i»u.
and calls on the Chaplain to give rhe praver.
r. — The D.C. addresses the Presiding Officer.
* —The Presiding Officer replies, and gives directions.
7.— The Brethren of the new Lodge are then arranged in order.
8 — The Acting Secretary reads the Petition and Warrant.
<y. — The Presiding Officer enquires of the Brethren if they approve of the Officer-
named in Petition and Warrant.
10. — The Brethren signify their approval in Masonic Form.
j 1. — An Oration on the Nature and Principles of the Institution. By Rev.
P. M. Holden.
iz. — Hymn.
God ol" the widow hear,
Our work of mercy bles>s,
God of the fatherless be near,
And grant us great success.
• ) praise the Lord to-day,
His constant mercy bless,
Whose love will help us on our way,
And crown us with success.
. j. — Dedication Prayer (fint portion).
.it.— a/«/iii— Chant, "So mote r bi. '
» - -Wfl. .■:#:— ** Glorv Ix. to 1 net, (• Loul."
i\ — .-il T-- V> ••<-•• hr*>-» Tu^i in tnc tr r t>>\ •*.- l "> -:.-:.■ k.)
;-.- — Cifvr'— Cbn^> t > i€ <o n»o*^ :■■ If." 1
7? .— - TV: Cn.-jpii'in ^'iil rfiii II. Chiv»n. Chap, ii., V'+>r j. •.> x-i.
in. — Th? Lo^ge B<>r>ru : s fhen \r.co\i:Y n J. ?r.<] ihn M^rr ind Wrrven . /ro tc?n
crry rbe Element of Obsecration rb^ee times ro'jn.i *h° L-jdip
.V'-wi .W-'"' ■iur-^{r •'*«•-.- f-jr '.• \ l -,.->irm!T ' n i^ fi East nt eac'i vcr'irobvla-
2">. — ; « vrp ->.
\ t .;■•.•■•• }• -x\\CT God of Grr.Cf,
'! i. -r.Ti *<«'* ViPlblv N»W.
' r. .■.' ;s c ,i.ni'l' J d in ibis j>i;icc.
'' ■ v -!«-«-mTiv£ nr.w b^tow.
' 'h may our work beeun in Thee.
Hnd favour in Thy sis-ht,
And every faithful brother be
• Perfected by Thy might.
ii. — The Chaplain rakes the Censer three times round H,o Lodtrn (Solemn Mitsic
during his progress J 9 halting in the East.
•»?.. — The Presiding Officer then dedicates the Lodge.
""$. — Dedication Prayer (Second Portion J.
24. — Omnes — Chant, '/So mote it be. ' "
2*5. — The Presiding Officer then Constitutes the Lodur.
26. — Orr.nes. Chant, "So mote it be.
27. — National Anthem.
Glory to God on h^h.,
Let heaven and earth reply,
Praise ye His name.
Masons His love adore,
Tiled in their mystic lore,
And cry out evermore,
Glory to God !
So jnvtc it by.
— ^-^7g^%^^--
THE LODGE IS RESUMED IN THE SECOND DEGREE.
Installation oj tip ||, J|. & |^ointmpt off faty®.
PROPOSITIONS FOR INITIATION AND JOINING-
NO flCFS 'JF MOTION.
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